40°45′46″N 73°57′49″W / 40.762908°N 73.963536°W
Church of Our Lady of Peace | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Victorian Gothic [1] |
Town or city | Manhattan, New York City |
Country | United States of America |
Construction started | 1886 |
Cost | $200,000 [1] |
Client | Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York [1] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Samuel A. Warner |
The Church of Our Lady of Peace is a historic Roman Catholic parish church of the Archdiocese of New York, located at 239-241 East 62nd Street [2] between Second and Third Avenues in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1886-87 at the cost of $200,000, [1] and was designed by Samuel A. Warner in the Victorian Gothic style [3] [4] for the Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York. It served as the sanctuary for the Church of the Redeemer, a German-speaking congregation, then subsequently became Bethlehem Lutheran Church. [4] before finally becoming the home of the newly formed Italian Madonna della Pace parish in 1918. [3] [4]
The church, which has been called a "gem", [4] is located in the Treadwell Farm Historic District, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967. [1]
In November 2014, the Archdiocese announced that the Church of Our Lady of Peace was one of 31 neighborhood parishes which would be merged into other parishes. [5] Our Lady of Peace was to be merged into the Church of St. John the Evangelist at 348 East 55th Street. [6]
In February 2017, the Archdiocese with the blessing of Pope Francis, announced an agreement to sell the church to the Egyptian Christian Coptic Orthodox Church community. [7] It then became St. Mary & St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church. [8] The first Coptic worship service was on March 5, 2017.
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40°45′46″N 73°57′49″W / 40.762908°N 73.963536°W
Church of Our Lady of Peace | |
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| |
General information | |
Architectural style | Victorian Gothic [1] |
Town or city | Manhattan, New York City |
Country | United States of America |
Construction started | 1886 |
Cost | $200,000 [1] |
Client | Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York [1] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Samuel A. Warner |
The Church of Our Lady of Peace is a historic Roman Catholic parish church of the Archdiocese of New York, located at 239-241 East 62nd Street [2] between Second and Third Avenues in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1886-87 at the cost of $200,000, [1] and was designed by Samuel A. Warner in the Victorian Gothic style [3] [4] for the Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York. It served as the sanctuary for the Church of the Redeemer, a German-speaking congregation, then subsequently became Bethlehem Lutheran Church. [4] before finally becoming the home of the newly formed Italian Madonna della Pace parish in 1918. [3] [4]
The church, which has been called a "gem", [4] is located in the Treadwell Farm Historic District, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967. [1]
In November 2014, the Archdiocese announced that the Church of Our Lady of Peace was one of 31 neighborhood parishes which would be merged into other parishes. [5] Our Lady of Peace was to be merged into the Church of St. John the Evangelist at 348 East 55th Street. [6]
In February 2017, the Archdiocese with the blessing of Pope Francis, announced an agreement to sell the church to the Egyptian Christian Coptic Orthodox Church community. [7] It then became St. Mary & St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church. [8] The first Coptic worship service was on March 5, 2017.
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