Holy Trinity Church (Manhattan)

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Holy Trinity Church (Manhattan)
General information
Architectural style Romanesque Revival, Byzantine Revival
Address213 West 82nd Street
Town or city New York, New York
Country United States of America
Construction started1910 (for church) [1]
1927 (for rectory) [2]
Completed1912 (for church) [1]
Cost$50,000 (for 1927 rectory) [2]
Client Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Design and construction
Architect(s) Joseph Hubert McGuire (for 1910-1912 church) [1]
Grosvenor Atterbury of 139 East 53rd Street (for 1927 rectory) [2]
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Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Manhattan

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 213 West 82nd Street near Amsterdam Avenue in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1898. [3]

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Building

The church was built 1910–1912 to the designs of Joseph Hubert McGuire. It has a dome of Guastavino tile. According to Frederick D. Taylor in his article Medieval New York - Holy Trinity Church the church was built deliberately in the Byzantine style, unusual for the time, and has been "considered to be one of the finest examples of Byzantine architecture in this country." [1] Built of brick and terra cotta, the church was dedicated on May 11, 1912. [4]

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