Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1906)
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Madison Square Presbyterian Church (demolished 1919) was a Presbyterian church in Manhattan, New York City, located on Madison Square Park at the northeast corner of East 24th Street and Madison Avenue. It was designed by Stanford White in a High Renaissance architectural style, with a prominent central dome over a cubical central space in an abbreviated Greek cross plan; it was built in 1906.[2] The inaugural service was on October 14 of that year.[3] The congregation's church had previously been located on the opposing, southeast corner of Madison and 24th Street, in a Gothic-style structure, also called the "Madison Square Presbyterian Church", whose cornerstone was laid in 1853 and which was completed the following year.[4] Metropolitan Life Insurance Company purchased the original site for the construction of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, a 48-story building completed in 1909 which was the world's tallest building when it was constructed.[5][6]
Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1906-1919) | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Beaux-Arts architecture |
Town or city | New York City |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 40.74155°N 73.987519°W / 40.74155; -73.987519 |
Construction started | 1904[1] |
Completed | 1906 |
Demolished | 1919 |
Cost | $500,000 |
Client | Presbyterian Church in the United States of America |
Technical details | |
Structural system | masonry |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Stanford White of McKim, Mead, and White |