Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal, Manhattan)

Coordinates: 40°46′07″N 73°57′11″W / 40.7685°N 73.9530°W / 40.7685; -73.9530
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Church of the Epiphany
The Church of the Epiphany
Consecrated
October 29, 1944
Architecture
Architect(s)Marion Sims Wyeth and Frederic Rhinelander King
Architectural typeNorman Gothic
Clergy
Assistant priest(s)The Reverend Joseph Zorawick and The Reverend Dr. Jonathan Linman, Priest Associates[1]
Deacon(s)Deacon Horace Whyte[1]
Laity
Organist(s)Larry J. Long[1]
Business managerLaura Noggle[1]

The Church of the Epiphany is an

York Avenue, on the corner of East 74th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.[2]

The church was founded in 1833. The building at its current location was dedicated in 1939, and consecrated in 1944.

History

The congregation held its first service on January 6, 1833, in a hall on the corner of Allen Street and Houston Street.[3] It was the first church of the New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society.[4] In 1834 it moved to a new building at 130 Stanton Street, between Essex Street and Norfolk Street.[3][4] It incorporated in 1845 and became an independent parish.[3]

In 1874 it moved to 228

Third Avenues.[5] In 1881, it moved to East 47th Street, west of Lexington Avenue.[4][5]

The church at its current location on the north-west corner of East 74th Street and York Avenue had its first service on October 15, 1939,

consecrated on October 29, 1944.[6]

The former

in 2018 and consecrated in 2019.

Architecture

The church was completed in 1939, and was designed in a simplified

Wyeth and King, with Eugene W. Mason as the associated architect.[4][6][7]

Organ

The church's organ was built by the

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. in 1962. Pipes of the Récit expressif and Positif divisions are located in a chamber on the side of the chancel, and the Hauptwerk and Pedal pipes are visible on cantilevered chests.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Staff Directory". Epiphanynyc.org. April 11, 2009. Archived from the original on March 18, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Church of the Epiphany". Epiphanynyc.org. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Beginning of The Church". Epiphanynyc.org. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  4. ^ . Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Epiphany 1874–1892". Epiphanynyc.org. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d "Epiphany 1933–1962". Epiphanynyc.org. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
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  8. ^ "Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal) – New York City". American Guild of Organists. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

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