Saint Bartholomew's Church and Community House
- Architects
- McKim, Mead & White Bertram Goodhue
- Style
- Byzantine
- City
- Manhattan, NY
St. Bartholomew's Church, known as St. Bart's, is a historic Episcopal parish founded in January 1835, located on Park Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in Midtown Manhattan. Its current Park Avenue home, designed in the Byzantine Revival style by Bertram Goodhue with McKim, Mead & White, marked its centennial of first service in 2018. The congregation had previously occupied two earlier locations, first at Great Jones Street and Lafayette Place beginning in 1835, then at Madison Avenue and East 44th Street from 1872 to 1876.
the building
Byzantine Revival design. The Community House complex was designed by Bertram Goodhue in the Byzantine Revival style, cited as an important example of early 20th-century ecclesiastical architecture.
the style
The church and Community House were built in the Byzantine Revival style, a design specifically recognized in its National Historic Landmark designation as significant early 20th-century ecclesiastical architecture.
More on Byzantinethe architect
The complex was designed by Bertram Goodhue in association with the firm McKim, Mead & White, both prominent names in early 20th-century American architecture.
significance
St. Bartholomew's Church and Community House was designated a National Historic Landmark on October 31, 2016, and is also a New York City Individual Landmark (LP-00275), listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the New York State Register of Historic Places, designated March 16, 1967. As of 2023 the congregation reported 2,239 members.
nearby
- General Electric Building
- Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
- Seagram Building
- Villard Houses
- 451-455 Madison Avenue and 29 1/2 East 50th Street
- 488 Madison Avenue