St. Augustine's Church
- Year
- 1829
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
St. Augustine's Church at 290 Henry Street on the Lower East Side formed from the 1819 merger of All Saints' Free Church and St. Augustine's Chapel. The congregation occupies the All Saints' Free Church building, constructed in 1827–1829 under former mayor Marinus Willett's mission and consecrated in 1828 by Bishop John Henry Hobart.
the building
Manhattan schist and Mount Pitt stone. The church was built of Manhattan schist, with some field stone taken from the leveling of nearby "Mount Pitt" near Pitt and Grand Streets.
Georgian body, Gothic windows. The design, credited to John Heath, pairs a Georgian structure with Gothic windows, a double pediment, and a projecting tower.
the style
The church combines Gothic Revival, Georgian, and Federal elements, most visibly in its Georgian massing fitted with Gothic window tracery.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
The design is credited to John Heath.
significance
St. Augustine's is a New York City Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Edgar Allan Poe used to attend services there on occasion.
nearby
- Church of Saint Mary
- Beth Hamedrash Hagadol
- S. Jarmulowsky Bank Building
- Tenement Museum
- Eldridge Street Synagogue
- First Roumanian-American congregation