Marble Collegiate Church
- Architect
- Samuel A. Warner
- Year
- 1980
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
Marble Collegiate Church stands at 272 Fifth Avenue at West 29th Street, its congregation founded in 1628 as the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, making it one of the oldest continuous Protestant congregations in North America. The current building was constructed in 1851–54 to a design by Samuel A. Warner, originally as the Fifth Avenue Church, and renamed Marble Collegiate in 1906 for the Tuckahoe marble covering its facade.
the building
A marble face on a Dutch congregation. The Tuckahoe marble facade gave the building its present name in 1906, replacing the original Fifth Avenue Church title even as the congregation traced its roots back to 1628 and the city's Dutch Reformed community.
the style
Warner designed the church in the Romanesque Revival style with Gothic trim, faced in Tuckahoe marble.
More on Romanesque Revivalthe architect
Samuel A. Warner designed Marble Collegiate Church, completed in 1851–54.
significance
The church was designated a New York City Landmark in 1967 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980; it is also listed on the New York State Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- The Wilbraham
- 261 Fifth Avenue
- Gilsey House
- Hotel Wolcott
- Church of the Transfiguration
- Hotel Seville (now The James NoMad Hotel)