Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal, Manhattan)

Church of the Epiphany
Church of the Epiphany
The Church of the Epiphany
	(2009)
	40°46′07″N73°57′11″W / 40.7685°N 73.9530°W Coordinates: 40°46′07″N73°57′11″W / 40.7685°N 73.9530°W
Location	1393 York Avenue ; (corner of E. 74th St.); Manhattan, New York City
Country	United States
Denomination	Episcopal
Website	epiphanynyc.org
History
Founded	1833
Dedication	by Bishop William T. Manning
Dedicated	October 29, 1939
Consecrated	October 29, 1944
Architecture
Architect(s)	Marion Sims Wyeth and Frederic Rhinelander King
Architectural type	Norman Gothic
Clergy
Assistant priest(s)	The Reverend Joseph Zorawick and The Reverend Dr. Jonathan Linman, Priest Associates
Deacon(s)	Deacon Horace Whyte
Laity
Organist(s)	Larry J. Long
Business manager	Laura Noggle

Last updated November 12, 2022

The Church of the Epiphany is an Episcopal church designed in the Norman Gothic style, located at 1393 York Avenue, on the corner of East 74th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.^[2]

History

The congregation held its first service on January 6, 1833, in a hall on the corner of Allen Street and Houston Street.^[3] It was the first church of the New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society.^[4] In 1834 it moved to a new building at 130 Stanton Street, between Essex Street and Norfolk Street.^[3]^[4] It incorporated in 1845 and became an independent parish.^[3]

In 1874 it moved to 228 East 50th Street, between Second and Third Avenues.^[5] In 1881, it moved to East 47th Street, west of Lexington Avenue.^[4]^[5]

The church at its current location on the north-west corner of East 74th Street and York Avenue had its first service on October 15, 1939,^[4]^[6] and was dedicated by Bishop William T. Manning on October 29, 1939.^[6] Its rector at the time was the Rev. John Wallace Suter, Jr., who was also the Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. The church was consecrated on October 29, 1944.^[6]

The former rector, the Rev. Jennifer Anne Reddall, was elected the sixth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona in 2018 and consecrated in 2019.

Architecture

The church was completed in 1939, and was designed in a simplified Norman Gothic style by the architectural firm Wyeth and King, with Eugene W. Mason as the associated architect.^[4]^[6]^[7]

Organ

The church's organ was built by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. in 1962. Pipes of the Récit expressif and Positif divisions are located in a chamber on the side of the chancel, and the Hauptwerk and Pedal pipes are visible on cantilevered chests.^[8]

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References

1 2 3 4 "Staff Directory". Epiphanynyc.org. April 11, 2009. Archived from the original on March 18, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
↑ "Church of the Epiphany". Epiphanynyc.org. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
1 2 3 "Beginning of The Church". Epiphanynyc.org. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 David W. Dunlap (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231125437 . Retrieved January 6, 2013.
1 2 "Epiphany 1874–1892". Epiphanynyc.org. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
1 2 3 4 "Epiphany 1933–1962". Epiphanynyc.org. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
↑ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
↑ "Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal) – New York City". American Guild of Organists. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

External links

Official website
Charles Howland Russell, The Church of the Epiphany, 1833–1958, Church of the Epiphany (1956)
Church of the Epiphany, New York, Milestones Between the Consecration of the Building at 130 Stanton Street, June, 1834: And the Consecration of the Building at 74th Street and York Avenue on the Twenty-first Sunday After Trinity, October 29, 1944 (1944)

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[google1-4] 1 2 3 4 5 David W. Dunlap (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231125437 . Retrieved January 6, 2013.

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