Architectural style Greek Revival Phone +1 212-683-4988 Demolished 1930 | Architect Josiah R. Brady Cost 90,000 USD | |
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Location NW corner of Mercer and Prince Streets Inaugurated Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, December 7, 1826 Destroyed Sunday morning, November 26, 1837 (burned to ground) Address 40 E 35th St, New York, NY 10016, USA Similar Central Theatre, Astor Theatre, Broadway Theatre, Baudouine Building, Marbridge Building | ||
The Second Congregational Church in New York, organized in 1825, was a Unitarian congregation which had three permanent homes in Manhattan, the second of which became a theater after they left it. In 1919 the congregation became non-denominational and changed its name to Community Church of New York. The same year, its church on 34th Street was damaged by fire. Since 1948 the congregation has been located at 40 East 35th Street, in a sanctuary shared with the Metropolitan Synagogue of New York.
The Church of the Messiah at 728-730 Broadway, near Waverly Place, was dedicated in 1839 and operated as such until 1864. In January 1865 it was sold to department store magnate A. T. Stewart and converted into a theater which subsequently operated under a series of names, ending with The New Theatre Comique. It burned down in 1884.