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St. Agnes Chapel (New York City)

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Completed
  
1892

Opened
  
1892

Demolished
  
1943

Architect
  
William Appleton Potter

Structural system
  
Limestone masonry

Town or city
  
New York City

Construction started
  
1890

St. Agnes Chapel (New York City)

Country
  
United States of America

Client
  
The Episcopal Church in the United States

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Similar
  
New York State Court of Appeal, Hotel McAlpin, Hotel Astor, Church of the Presidents, St Paul's Chapel

St. Agnes Chapel was an Upper West Side Episcopal "plant chapel" of Trinity Church (New York City), one of many. It was located at 121-147 West 91st Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. It was at first reused by its parish school and then demolished for a gymnasium in the 1940s.

Map of St. Agnes Chapel, New York, NY 10024, USA

The church was built between 1890 and 1892 by William Appleton Potter. The New York Times described St. Agnes as “the finest church structure, barring the cathedral, in New York City.” A parish school was located adjacent, sharing its midblock location. Downtown Trinity Parish reexamined the small congregation in 1934, already split from nearby Episcopal churches, and decided to close it. Eager to expand, the parish school, also named Trinity, bought it as a gymnasium space and demolished it for a more permanent structure in 1943.

The St Agnes Branch of the New York Public Library, now half a mile away, was founded by the parish.

References

St. Agnes Chapel (New York City) Wikipedia