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Church in Manhattan, New York

Church in New York City, United States

Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Location	145 West 46th Street, between6th &7th Avenues,Manhattan,New York City
Country	United States
Denomination	Episcopal Church
Churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic
Website	www.smokymarys.org
History
Founded	1868; 157 years ago (1868)
Dedication	St. Mary
Architecture
Architect(s)	Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, Pierre Le Brun, architect-in-charge^[1]
Architectural type	Church
Style	French Gothic
Completed	1895
Clergy
Bishop	Matthew Heyd
Priest in charge	Sammy Wood
Assistant priests	Stephen Morris John Shirley MaryJane Boland
Laity
Organist/Director of music	David Hurd


Church of St. Mary the Virgin Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark No. 1562


Location	133-145 W. 46th St. & 136-144 W. 47th St. Manhattan,New York City
Coordinates	40°45′30″N73°59′1″W / 40.75833°N 73.98361°W /40.75833; -73.98361
Built	1894-95
Architect	Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, Pierre Le Brun, architect-in-charge^[1]
Architectural style	French Gothic
NRHP reference No.	90000606^[2]
NYCL No.	1562
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1990
Designated NYCL	December 19, 1989

The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is anEpiscopal church of theAnglo-Catholic tradition inMidtown Manhattan,New York City, which is part of theEpiscopal Diocese of New York of theEpiscopal Church in the United States of America. The church complex is located in the heart ofTimes Square at 133-145West 46th Street, with other buildings of the complex at 136-144West 47th Street,^[3] betweenSixth andSeventh Avenues. It is colloquially known as "Smoky Mary's" because of the amount ofincense used in the services.^[4]

Completed in 1895, the church has been called "one of the finest Gothic-inspired designs of New York's late 19th century".^[3] It was designated aNew York City landmark in 1989^[1] and added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[2]^[5] In 2022, it reported 300 members, average attendance of 112, and $600,375 in plate and pledge income.^[6]

History

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Original church

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The first Saint Mary's at 228 West 45th Street, the site of theBooth Theatre

The Society of the Free Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in theNew York City was incorporated on December 3, 1868. Thomas McKee Brown wanted to build a church in New York City dedicated to expressing the full witness ofCatholic thought in ritual and teaching within the Episcopal Church. A year after his ordination, Brown brought his plan to theBishop of New York,Horatio Potter, who suggested that a church was needed nearLongacre Square – which was renamedTimes Square in 1905 – on the west side of what is nowMidtown.John Jacob Astor gave three lots on West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, "stipulating that the Church should be free, and positively orthodox in management and working."

On April 6, 1868, the cornerstone was laid for the first church, located at 228 West 45th Street, which is today the site of theBooth Theatre. The rector and trustees named the church for theBlessed Virgin Mary. The first church was designed byWilliam T. Hallett, and was dedicated on December 8, 1870, the Feast of theConception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Potter was unable to officiate at the service, but his place was taken byHoratio Southgate, the Episcopal Church's former missionary bishop to theOttoman Empire.

After the Episcopalians left the church on West 45th Street, it became the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and then Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist.^[4]

New church

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The Lady Chapel at the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

By 1890, the congregation had outgrown the church on West 45th Street. In 1892, the late Miss Sara L. Cooke, a member of the parish, left the church a legacy which eventually amounted to $700,000, in addition to real estate. Brown and the other trustees decided to use this legacy to fund a new church on an eight-lot parcel running through from 46th to 47th Streets. The new complex was to include a rectory at the 47th Street end of the lot, a clergy house for curates and assistants and a mission house for the sisters. The style would beFrench Gothic of the 13th and 14th centuries,^[3] with a church seating 800 people.

Erecting this building was a challenge to the architectural firm ofNapoleon LeBrun & Sons, with Pierre LeBrun as the lead designer, because of its size and the location. The LeBrun firm had experience working with steel framing, which is buried within the walls, making it the first church in the world built on a concealed steel skeleton,^[7] "redefining the conventional methods of church construction."^[3] The facade of the church is clad inlimestone,^[1] while the other buildings in the complex are brick-faced.^[1]

The cornerstone for the new church was laid on December 8, 1894, and the church was dedicated in 1895. The completed church was 60 feet (18 m) wide and 180 feet (55 m) long, and the nave was 80 feet (24 m) from floor to ceiling and 46 feet (14 m) wide. The chancel, at the north end of the building, was 48 feet (15 m) deep, terminating with the marble high altar moved from the former church. Complementing LeBrun's design were many sculptural decorations byJ. Massey Rhind.^[1]

Today

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Today, Saint Mary's is known for its solemn liturgies and choral and organ music.Solemn High Mass and SolemnEvensong andBenediction are celebrated on Sundays, and Mass is offered daily. Because of the copious use ofincense, the church is sometimes referred to as "Smoky Mary's". In 1996-97, the interior of the church was restored by J. Lawrence Jones & Associates, resulting in vivid colors, including cobalt blue vaulting with gold stars.^[4]

Nave
Statue of Our Lady
Corpus Christi processional inTimes Square
Clergy and acolytes at the high altar
The Most ReverendFrank T. Griswold preaching at Saint Mary's
Rear of the church on 47th Street
View towards the high altar
Statue of the Blessed Virgin at the entrance
A clip of Panorama from the Times Building, New York 1905, Church of St. Mary the Virgin near Times Square

Music

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The choir of the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a professionalensemble that sings music for the liturgy. At each Solemn Mass, theplainchant is sung in the original Latin. The choir's repertoire of Masses and motets stretches from theMiddle Ages to works by living composers.

A number of musicians have served as organist and music director at the parish, among them McNeil Robinson, Kyler Brown, Christopher Babcock, Robert McCormick, James Kennerley, and Simon Whalley. The current organist and music director isDavid Hurd.

References

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^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^fNew York City Landmarks Preservation Commission;Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.).Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 96.ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
^^a ^b"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^^a ^b ^c ^dSavage, Charles; Pierson, Marjorie (ed.)"Free Church of Saint-Mary-the-Virgin Designation Report"New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (December 19, 1989)
^^a ^b ^cDunlap, David W. (2004).From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York:Columbia University Press. p. 228.ISBN 0-231-12543-7.
^Kathleen LaFrank (October 1989).National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Church of St. Mary the Virgin Complex. National Archives and Records Administration. RetrievedNovember 10, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
^"Explore Parochial Trends".Episcopal Church. RetrievedSeptember 21, 2023.
^White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010).AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 300.ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.

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Official website
New York Architecture Images Midtown - St Mary the Virgin - 12 images plus a short history
Historical documents on the parish fromProject Canterbury

Times Square and theTheater District

Manhattan,New York City

Buildings

Theaters

CurrentBroadway theaters	Ambassador Belasco Bernard B. Jacobs Booth Broadhurst Circle in the Square Ethel Barrymore Eugene O'Neill Gerald Schoenfeld Gershwin Hayes Hudson Imperial James Earl Jones John Golden Lena Horne Longacre Lunt-Fontanne Lyceum Lyric Majestic Marquis Minskoff Music Box Nederlander New Amsterdam Palace Richard Rodgers St. James Samuel J. Friedman Shubert Stephen Sondheim Todd Haimes Walter Kerr Winter Garden
Other current theaters	New Victory Theater Palladium Times Square Sony Hall The Theater Center The Town Hall
Former	44th Street 48th Street Anco Cinema Apollo Bijou Theatre Capitol Central Edison Embassy Empire (40th) Empire (42nd) Fulton George M. Cohan's Liberty Loew's State Lyric Morosco New Victory Olympia Playhouse Rialto Sam H. Harris Sony Hall Strand Times Square Vanderbilt Victoria

Other attractions

Performance venues	Palladium Times Square Sony Hall The Town Hall
Events	Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve Good Riddance Day
Sites	Madame Tussauds New York Museum of Broadway RiseNY Sardi's Times Square Studios
Art and sculpture	Statue of Francis P. Duffy Statue of George M. Cohan Times Square (Neuhaus) Times Square Mural
Signs and objects	Coca-Cola sign Nasdaq MarketSite National Debt Clock Times Square Ball
Personalities	Desnudas Naked Cowboy

Hotels
The Chatwal New York Hard Rock Hotel New York Hotel Astor Hotel Claridge Hotel Edison Hyatt Regency Times Square The Knickerbocker Hotel Millennium Times Square New York New York Marriott Marquis Row NYC Hotel Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

Transportation

Subway stations	42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 49th Street 50th Street Times Square–42nd Street
Roads and streets	42nd Street Broadway Seventh Avenue Shubert Alley

History

Events and incidents	V-J Day in Times Square 2008 Times Square bombing 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt 2017 Times Square car attack 2017 New York City Subway bombing Stop Iran Rally
Defunct locations and attractions	Bond International Casino Discovery Times Square Hotel Carter Pabst Hotel Palladium Times Square Terminal Bar Unique Recording Studios
Defunct theaters	American Music Hall Astor Columbia Edison Fulton Gaiety Knickerbocker Liberty Loew's Lyric Morosco Olympia Paramount Rialto Strand Times Square Victoria

Other topics
Duffy Square George Abbott Way High School of Performing Arts Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers Midtown Community Court

See also:Manhattan Community Board 5

Midtown (42nd–59th Streets)

Manhattan,New York City

Buildings

West of
5th Av

Rockefeller Center	1 Rockefeller Plz 10 Rockefeller Plz 30 Rockefeller Plz 50 Rockefeller Plz 75 Rockefeller Plz 1211 6th Av 1221 6th Av 1251 6th Av 1271 6th Av British Empire Building International Building La Maison Francaise
Times Square	1 Astor Plz 1 Times Sq 3 Times Sq 4 Times Sq 11 Times Sq 20 Times Sq 229 W 43rd St 255 W 43rd St 1500 Broadway 1501 Broadway 1540 Broadway 1552 Broadway 1585 Broadway TSX Broadway

East of
5th Av

Former

Theaters

Broadway theaters	Ambassador August Wilson Belasco Bernard B. Jacobs Booth Broadhurst Broadway Circle in the Square Ethel Barrymore Eugene O'Neill Gerald Schoenfeld Gershwin Hayes Hudson Imperial James Earl Jones John Golden Lena Horne Longacre Lunt-Fontanne Lyceum Lyric Majestic Marquis Minskoff Music Box Neil Simon Palace Richard Rodgers St. James Samuel J. Friedman Shubert Stephen Sondheim Studio 54 Todd Haimes Walter Kerr Winter Garden
Other venues	55th Street Playhouse Carnegie Hall Ed Sullivan Theater The ImaginAsian New Victory Theater New York City Center Paris Theater Radio City Music Hall Sony Hall The Theater Center The Town Hall York Theatre
Closed/demolished	44th Street 48th Street Apollo Center Capitol Earl Carroll Edison Embassy Fulton George M. Cohan's Loew's State Lyric New Century Olympia Playhouse Roxy Strand Times Square Vanderbilt Victoria Ziegfeld (1927) Ziegfeld (1969)

Hotels

Current

Former

Other points of interest

Restaurants/ nightlife	21 Club 54 Below Alto Anthos Aureole Burger Heaven Le Bernardin Cafe Chambord Campbell Apartment La Caravelle Caviar Russe Del Pezzo Restaurant Ellen's Stardust Diner Four Twenty Five Gabriel Kreuther Gallagher's Steakhouse Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant La Grenouille Iridium Jazz Club Le Jardinier Jōji King Cole Bar Kurumazushi Latin Quarter Lespinasse Marea Naro The Pool and the Grill Oceana The Original Soupman P. J. Clarke's Patsy's Le Pavillon Prime Burger The Quilted Giraffe Rainbow Room Restaurant Aquavit Rumpelmayer's Russian Tea Room Sardi's Satsuki Shun Lee Palace Stage Deli The Campbell The Royal Box
Museums/ cultural centers	Austrian Cultural Forum New York Girl Scout Museum and Archives John M. Mossman Lock Museum Korean Cultural Center New York Madame Tussauds New York Museum of Arts and Design Museum of Broadway Museum of Modern Art New York Transit Museum Paley Center for Media Rose Museum Spyscape
Stores	Argosy Book Store Gotham Book Mart
Clubhouses	American Fine Arts Society The Brook Century Association Cornell Club of New York General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York Harvard Club of New York City New York Athletic Club New York City Bar Association New York Friars Club New York Yacht Club Penn Club of New York Racquet and Tennis Club University Club of New York Women's National Republican Club Yale Club of New York City
Clubhouses (former)	Princeton Club of New York
Green spaces	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden Central Park Grand Army Plaza Greenacre Park Paley Park
Educational institutions	53rd Street Library Circle in the Square Theatre School CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies High School of Performing Arts Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers Saint Thomas Choir School SUNY College of Optometry
Art galleries	Galerie St. Etienne Rehs Galleries

Transportation

Subway stations	Fifth Avenue/53rd Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street Seventh Avenue 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 49th Street 50th Street 50th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 57th Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Grand Central–42nd Street Lexington Avenue/51st Street Lexington Avenue/59th Street Times Square–42nd Street
Railroad stations	Grand Central Madison Grand Central Terminal
Streets and intersections	Third Avenue Fifth Avenue Sixth Avenue Six and a Half Avenue Seventh Avenue Eighth Avenue 42nd 47th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 57th 58th 59th Broadway Columbus Circle Duffy Square Grand Army Plaza George Abbott Way Lexington Avenue Madison Avenue Park Avenue Park Avenue Viaduct Pershing Square Shubert Alley Times Square Vanderbilt Avenue

Related topics
Billionaires' Row Little Brazil Midtown South Minnesota Strip

See also:Manhattan Community Board 5

v t e New York City historic sites
National Register	Manhattan below 14th St 14th–59th Sts 59th–110th Sts above 110th St smaller islands Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Bronx National Historic Landmarks New York City
City Landmarks	Manhattan below 14th St 14th–59th Sts 59th–110th Sts above 110th St smaller islands Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Bronx Scenic landmarks

National Register of Historic Places inManhattan

Historic districts

Cemeteries
African Burial Ground National Monument First Shearith Israel Graveyard Harlem African Burial Ground New York City Marble Cemetery New York Marble Cemetery Trinity Church Cemetery

Clubhouses

Commercial buildings

Office buildings	1 Broadway 1 Hanover Square 1 Wall Street Court 108 Leonard 116 John Street 23 Wall Street 254–260 Canal Street 330 West 42nd Street 361 Broadway 40 Wall Street 48 Wall Street 488 Madison Avenue 49 Chambers 56 Pine Street 63 Wall Street 90 West Street American Radiator Building Bayard–Condict Building Bell Laboratories Building Broad Exchange Building Candler Building Cary Building Century Building Chamber of Commerce Building Chanin Building Chrysler Building Church Missions House Corbin Building Daily News Building Decker Building Empire Building Empire State Building Equitable Building Film Center Building Flatiron Building Fred F. French Building General Electric Building House of the New York City Bar Association Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Lever House Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower New York County Lawyers' Association Building New York Evening Post Building New York Life Building Old New York Evening Post Building Park Row Building Puck Building Rockefeller Center Schermerhorn Row Block Scribner Building Seagram Building W New York Union Square Woolworth Building
Drinking establishments	Fraunces Tavern Julius Minton's Playhouse Stonewall Inn
Stores, other commercial	170–176 John Street 280 Broadway 287 Broadway 452 Fifth Avenue 55 Wall Street 75 Murray Street American Bank Note Company Building American Stock Exchange Building Apple Bank Building Bank of the Metropolis Barclay–Vesey Building Bowery Savings Bank Building Chelsea Market David S. Brown Store De Vinne Press Building E. V. Haughwout Building Greenwich Savings Bank Building Kitchen, Montross & Wilcox Store Lincoln Building Macy's Herald Square Metropolitan Savings Bank Building Mount Morris Bank Building New York Amsterdam News Building New York Savings Bank Building New York Stock Exchange Building Park and Tilford Building R. C. Williams Warehouse Robbins & Appleton Building Schermerhorn Building Sheffield Farms Stable Tiffany and Company Building United Charities Building Van Tassell and Kearney Horse Auction Mart

Educational buildings

Colleges and schools	Barnard Hall Brown Building City College Quadrangle Claremont Riding Academy Cooper Union Earl Hall Founder's Hall Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Marymount School of New York Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls New York School of Applied Design for Women P.S. 9 P.S. 135 P.S. 157 Philosophy Hall Pupin Hall St. Walburga's Academy Union Theological Seminary
Libraries	115th Street Library General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York Hamilton Grange Library Jefferson Market Library Low Memorial Library Morgan Library & Museum New York Public Library Main Branch New York Society Library Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Yorkville Library

Government buildings

Post office buildings	Canal Street Station Church Street Station Cooper Station Inwood Station James A. Farley Building Knickerbocker Station Lenox Hill Station Madison Square Station Old Chelsea Station
Courthouse	Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State Harlem Courthouse Surrogate's Courthouse Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse Tweed Courthouse
Other governmental	1st Police Precinct Station House 240 Centre Street Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House Blackwell Island Light Block House New York City Hall City Pier A Federal Hall Federal Office Building Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9 Gracie Mansion Harlem Fire Watchtower Little Red Lighthouse Manhattan Municipal Building Municipal Asphalt Plant

Hospital buildings
City Hospital Gouverneur Health Mount Sinai Morningside The Octagon Smallpox Hospital Society for the Lying-In Hospital Strecker Memorial Laboratory

Hotel buildings
Barbizon 63 The Chatwal New York George Washington Hotel Gilsey House Grand Hotel Hotel Albert Hotel Chelsea Hotel Gerard Hotel Seville NoMad Hotel Theresa The Knickerbocker Hotel Martinique Hotel Plaza Hotel Times Square Hotel Webster Hotel Westchester House

Military facilities
69th Regiment Armory 369th Regiment Armory Castle Clinton Castle Williams First Battery Armory Fort Jay Fort Washington Avenue Armory Park Avenue Armory Fort Washington

Museums and memorials

Parks and recreation
Asser Levy Recreation Center Bowling Green Bryant Park Central Park Duffy Square Fort Tryon Park Governors Island National Monument Greenacre Park Marcus Garvey Park Riverside Park Statue of Liberty National Monument Union Square Verdi Square

Religious buildings

Churches

Synagogues

Residential buildings

Houses

Apartments,
other residential

Theatres
Apollo Theater Beacon Theatre Bouwerie Lane Theatre Carnegie Hall Ed Sullivan Theater Hudson Theatre New Amsterdam Theatre New York City Center The Public Theater Radio City Music Hall Samuel J. Friedman Theatre The Town Hall Village East by Angelika

Transportation

Bridges and tunnels	Brooklyn Bridge High Bridge Holland Tunnel Joralemon Street Tunnel Manhattan Bridge New York Central Railroad 69th Street Transfer Bridge Park Avenue Viaduct Queensboro Bridge Washington Bridge
Railway andsubway stations	14th Street–Union Square 28th Street 28th Street 33rd Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle 72nd Street 79th Street 86th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 116th Street–Columbia University 125th Street 145th Street 168th Street 181st Street 181st Street 190th Street Astor Place Bleecker Street Bowling Green Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street Chambers Street City Hall Dyckman Street Grand Central Terminal Times Square–42nd Street Wall Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square
Substations	Dyckman-Hillside Substation Substation 7 Substation 219 Strecker Memorial Laboratory
Ships	Admiral Dewey Ambrose Circle Line X Frying Pan Intrepid John J. Harvey Lettie G. Howard Lilac Shearwater W. O. Decker Wavertree Yankee
Others	Battery Maritime Building City Pier A Pier 57

Others
Columbus Monument Croton Aqueduct Gate House Giuseppe Verdi Monument Space ShuttleEnterprise

Former
Florence Mills House

See also:National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan (Islands,Below 14th St.,14th–59th Sts.,59th–110th Sts.,Above 110th St.) andList of National Historic Landmarks in New York City
Note: National Historic Landmarks are not listed separately.

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