Saint Mark's-in-the-Bowery Church
- Architect
- Ithiel Town
- Style
- Georgian
- City
- Manhattan, NY
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, at 131 East 10th Street near Second Avenue, sits on a site of continuous Christian worship since the mid-17th century, New York City's oldest such site. The current structure is the second-oldest church building in Manhattan.
the building
Stuyvesant's chapel. In 1651, Petrus Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherland, bought the land as a bowery, or farm, and by 1660 had built a family chapel on the site. He died in 1672 and was interred in a vault beneath it. His great-grandson, Peter Stuyvesant, sold the chapel property to the Episcopal Church for $1 in 1793, stipulating that a new chapel be built to serve Bowery Village.
the style
The church was designed in the Georgian style by architect Ithiel Town.
More on Georgianthe architect
Ithiel Town designed St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, a documented significant 19th-century American architect.
significance
It is a New York City Individual Landmark (LP-00229), designated 4/19/1966, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital
- Ottendorfer Library
- Hamilton Fish House
- Metropolitan Savings Bank
- United States Post Office Cooper Station
- St. George's Church