St. John's Chapel
- Architect
- John McComb Jr.
- Year
- 1807
- Style
- Georgian
- City
- Manhattan, NY
St. John's Chapel was a Georgian-style church built in 1803 to designs by John McComb Jr. and his brother Isaac McComb, belonging to the Episcopal parish of Trinity Church in what is now Tribeca. It faced St. John's Park, once a favorite recreational spot for well-to-do neighborhood residents, before the Episcopal Church demolished it in 1918 after it lost its worshipers.
the building
A soaring spire. McComb gave the chapel a sandstone tetrastyle prostyle portico supporting a tower and multi-storeyed spire that rose to 214¼ feet. A chancel was added in 1857 to designs by Richard M. Upjohn.
The park's decline. In 1867 Trinity Church, which had retained ownership of St. John's Park, sold it to the Hudson River Railroad for a downtown freight terminal, a change that altered the character of the surrounding residential neighborhood.
the style
Built in the Georgian style in 1803, the chapel paired a classical portico with a tall multi-storeyed spire, a combination distinctive enough to anchor its own park-facing setting.
More on Georgianthe architect
John McComb Jr. designed the chapel with his brother Isaac McComb; master builders on the project included T. C. Taylor, Henry Hedley, and Daniel Domanick.
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