Church of the Ascension, Episcopal
- Architect
- Richard Upjohn
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Church of the Ascension, built in 1840-41 at Fifth Avenue and West 10th Street, was the first church built on Fifth Avenue. Richard Upjohn designed it in the Gothic Revival style, and Stanford White remodeled the interior in 1885-88. The parish, organized in 1827, previously worshipped in an early Greek Revival building on Canal Street designed by Town & Thompson.
the building
Interior remodel. Stanford White remodeled the church's interior in 1885-88, decades after Upjohn's original Gothic Revival design.
the style
Upjohn's Gothic Revival design marked an early instance of the style arriving on Fifth Avenue.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
Richard Upjohn designed the church; its parish house was later altered by McKim, Mead and White in 1888-89.
significance
The church became a National Historic Landmark in 1987 and, with its parish house, is part of the Greenwich Village Historic District designated in 1969.
nearby
- First Presbyterian Church
- Forbes Building
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Jefferson Market building
- Lincoln Building
- Brown Building