St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)
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St. Philip's Episcopal Church
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| Location | 210-216 West 134th Street Manhattan, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°48′52.82″N 73°56′43″W / 40.8146722°N 73.94528°WCoordinates: 40°48′52.82″N 73°56′43″W / 40.8146722°N 73.94528°W |
| Built | 1910-11 |
| Architect | Tandy & Foster: Vertner W. Tandy George W. Foster, Jr. |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 08000933 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 25, 2008 |
| Designated NYCL | July 13, 1993 |
St. Philip's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 204 West 134th Street, between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Its congregation was founded in 1809 in the notorious Five Points neighborhood by free Africans worshiping at Trinity Church, Wall Street as the Free African Church of St. Philip, and is the oldest black Episcopal parish in New York City. Historically, it was an extremely influential institution in Harlem.
The first church foundation stone was laid in 1819, and the first rector from 1826 to 1840 was the Rev. Peter Williams, Jr., a leading abolitionist. The "first two sites were on Centre Street. In 1822, a brick building replaced the original wood frame church damaged by fire. This same building would undergo two more reconstructions. In 1834, irate whites vandalized the church and in 1863, New York City police used the church as a barracks for militia and police handling draft riots. By 1886 the church was located on 25th Street." It sold this property c.1909 for $600,000, and with this money was able to buy the site of the current church, as well as 10 apartment buildings on West 135th Street which has previously been restricted to whites only. The reredos of the current church came from the church on 25th Street.
Rev. Hutchens C. Bishop was rector for 47 years from 1886 until 1933. Bishop's son, Shelton Hale Bishop went on to serve as rector from 1933-1957.
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