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Church of the Ascension, Episcopal (Manhattan)

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Coordinates:40°44′01″N73°59′44″W / 40.73369°N 73.99569°W /40.73369; -73.99569

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Church in Manhattan, New York

Not to be confused withChurch of the Ascension, Roman Catholic (Manhattan).

United States historic place

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Church of the Ascension (Episcopal)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
New York State Register of Historic Places

(2007)
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Location	36–38 Fifth Avenue,Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°44′01″N73°59′44″W / 40.73369°N 73.99569°W /40.73369; -73.99569
Built	church: 1840–41 parish house: 1888–89^[2]^: 55
Architect	church:Richard Upjohn parish house:McKim, Mead & White^[2]^: 55
Architectural style	church:Gothic Revival parish house:Northern Renaissance^[2]^: 55
NRHP reference No.	87002593^[1]
NYSRHP No.	06101.001681
Added to NRHP	December 23, 1987^[1]
Designated NHL	December 23, 1987^[3]
Designated NYSRHP	June 23, 1980

TheChurch of the Ascension is anEpiscopal church in theDiocese of New York, located at 36–38Fifth Avenue andWest 10th Street in theGreenwich Village neighborhood ofManhattan New York City. It was built in 1840–41, the first church to be built on Fifth Avenue^[4] and was designed byRichard Upjohn in theGothic Revival style.^[2]^: 55 The interior was remodeled byStanford White in 1885–88.^[2]^: 55

The church's parish house, at 12West 11th Street between Fifth Avenue and theAvenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), was originally built in 1844 as a residence, and was altered to its current state in 1888–89 byMcKim, Mead and White in aNorthern Renaissance-inspired style.^[2]^: 55

The church became aNational Historic Landmark in 1987.^[3]^[5]^[6]

Both the church and parish house are part of theGreenwich Village Historic District, designated by theNew York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1969.^[2]^[7]^{: 145–146}

Parish history

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The Church of the Ascension was first organized in 1827,^[8] and their first church – located on the north side ofCanal Street east ofBroadway^[4] – was one of the early Greek Revival buildings in the city, designed by the city's first professional architectural firm, Town & Thompson, the partnership ofIthiel Town andMartin Euclid Thompson.^[9] Built in 1828–29, the church burned down in 1839, prompting the move to the parish's current location and church.^[8] Until the new church was completed, the parish met in a number of places for two years.^[4]

Not long after the church opened, on June 26, 1844, United States PresidentJohn Tyler marriedJulia Gardiner.^[10] Since Gardiner was much younger than Tyler,John Quincy Adams called the couple the "laughing-stock of the city."^[8]

In 1865, under then-rector James Cotton Smith, the parish began a mission church – originally the Chapel of the Shepherd's Flock, later the Ascension Memorial Chapel – at 249West 43rd Street, building a sanctuary there in 1895. This acquired the nickname of "The Little Brick Church in Times Square".^[8]

In response to theWall Street Crash of 1929, the rector Donald Bradshaw Aldrich opened the doors of the church 24-hours a day for prayer and meditation, earning the church the name "The Church of the Open Door". This policy was in effect for decades: about 30,000 people visited the church in the 1960s. Although the doors are not still open around the clock, the stained-glass windows are illuminated at night.^[7]^{: 145–146}^[8]

The church reported 189 members in 2016 and 216 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $419,550 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 76 persons.^[11]

Buildings

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Richard Upjohn's design for the church is "closely related" to his designs forTrinity Church in Manhattan, which began construction slightly earlier, in 1839,^[2]^: 11 andChrist Church inBrooklyn, which came afterwards.^[2]^: 55^[7]^: 621 The brownstone church is symmetrical, and features a square tower.^[2]^: 55

Stanford White's interior design was "one of the great collaborative efforts of the era", and features a pulpit designed byCharles Follen McKim; mosaics byD. Maitland Armstrong; a marblereredos byLouis Saint-Gaudens, the brother ofAugustus Saint-Gaudens; several stained glass windows byJohn LaFarge and his altar muralThe Ascension, a 30-foot (9.1 m) by 35-foot (11 m) piece^[8] considered to be one of his best works^[2]^: 55^[7]^{: 145–146}^[10]

The parish house designed byMcKim, Mead and White took a previously existing building and turned it into a Northern Renaissance-inspired building of yellow brick with bottle-glass windows.^[2]^: 55

Organ

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The church has had a series of organs since its construction in 1840–41. The current organ is The Manton Memorial Organ[1] which was dedicated on May 1, 2011. The organ was built by Pascal Quoirin of St. Didier inProvence, France. It is the first organ built in France to be installed in New York City and replaced aHoltkamp Organ Company instrument built in 1966.^[4]

Gallery

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A late 19th century photograph of the church
The Ascension byJohn LaFarge (1835-1910)
Parish House (1843–44), altered in 1888-89 byMcKim, Mead & White
Rectory (1839–41)^[7]^{: 145–146}

References

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Notes

^^a ^b"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^lNew 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.ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
^^a ^b"Church of the Ascension".National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 10, 2007. Archived fromthe original on March 4, 2012. RetrievedApril 22, 2015.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"Church of the Ascension (Episcopal)Archived April 15, 2015, at theWayback Machine New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists website
^Pitts, Carolyn (December 20, 1986)."Church of the Ascension (Protestant Episcopal) – National Register of Historic Places Inventory"(pdf). National Park Service.Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. RetrievedJune 26, 2024.
^"Church of the Ascension (Protestant Episcopal, Two accompanying photos, interior, from 1976 – National Register of Historic Places Inventory"(pdf). National Park Service. December 20, 1986.Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. RetrievedJune 26, 2024.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^eWhite, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010).AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^fDunlap, David W. (2004).From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York:Columbia University Press. pp. 17–18.ISBN 0-231-12543-7.
^Burrows, Edwin G. andWallace, Mike (1999).Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York:Oxford University Press. p. 467.ISBN 0-195-11634-8.
^^a ^bFederal Writers' Project (1939).New York City Guide. New York: Random House. p. 135. (Reprinted by Scholarly Press, 1976,ISBN 040302921X; often referred to asWPA Guide to New York City.)
^"Explore Individual Parochial Report Trends".General Convention of the Episcopal Church. RetrievedJanuary 9, 2026.

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