Brick Presbyterian Church Complex (Rochester, New York)

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Brick Presbyterian Church Complex
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Location121 N. Fitzhugh St., Rochester, New York
Coordinates 43°9′27″N77°37′1″W / 43.15750°N 77.61694°W / 43.15750; -77.61694
Area0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built1860
ArchitectWarner, Andrew J.; Warner, J. Foster
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Early Romanesque Revival
MPS Inner Loop MRA
NRHP reference No. 92000152 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 1992

Brick Presbyterian Church Complex, now known as Downtown United Presbyterian Church, is a historic Presbyterian church complex located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The complex includes the Brick Church and Church School (1860, rebuilt 1903), attached Brick Church Institute building (1909–1910), and Taylor Chapel (1941). The Brick Church and Church School was designed in 1860 as an Early Romanesque Revival–style edifice by Rochester architect Andrew Jackson Warner (1833–1910). His son, J. Foster Warner (1859–1937), modified the church structure to the Lombard Romanesque form in 1903. [2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Kathleen LaFrank (September 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Brick Presbyterian Church Complex". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2009-10-01.See also: "Accompanying photo". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2009-10-12.