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Demolished church in Manhattan, New York

The Former Church of the Divine Unity
General information
Architectural styleGothic Revival
Town or cityNew York, New York
CountryUnited States of America
Construction started?
Completedc.1845
DemolishedBefore 1866
Cost?
ClientThe American Unitarian Association
Technical details
Structural systemLimestone masonry
Design and construction
Architect(s)?
Engineer?
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The Church of the Divine Unity was a former Unitarian and Universalist church located on the east side of Broadway between Prince and Spring Streets, SoHo, Manhattan. It was built c.1845 and likely transferred to American Unitarian Association after c. 1854. Subsequently, it was adaptively reused as an art gallery (the Düsseldorf Gallery), then an office, and finally was demolished sometime before 1866.

“On August 6, 1866, Strong observed ‘another material change in the aspect of Broadway:’ ‘Taylor’s showy restaurant” had become the office of the American Express Company, and Capin's Universalist Church, which had been serving as an art gallery, on the east side of Broadway between Prince and Spring Streets, was demolished. Strong, neither an apologist for the past nor a dedicated futurist, took a fatalist view: ‘So things go. Let ‘em go!’

References

  1. J. Russiello, A Sympathetic Planning Hierarchy for Redundant Churches: A Comparison of Continued Use and Reuse in Denmark, England and the United States of America (MSc Conservation of Historic Buildings, University of Bath, 2008), p.131.
  2. “Church of the Divine Unity,” Churches of Olde Manhattan Accessed 1 April 2008.
  3. Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1999). New York 1880: Architecture and Urbanism in the Gilded Age. Monacelli Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-58093-027-7. OCLC 40698653.

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