Messiah Mission Church (New York City) Explained

Messiah Mission Church
Location Town:	New York, New York
Location Country:	United States of America
Architect:	George W. Conable 46 West 24th Street^[1]
Client:	Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church
Construction Start Date:	1926
Completion Date:	1927
Cost:	$40,000
Structural System:	brick masonry

Messiah Mission Church, also known as Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, was a Lutheran church in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan. The congregation was founded in 1916 and a two-storey brick school and chapel was built 1926 to designs by George W. Conable 46 West 24th Street, at 198-200 Sherman Avenue. The pastor who built the 1926 school church was Frederick P. Wilhem of 609 West 204th Street.^{[2] [1]}

Messiah merged in 1945 with St. Matthew's Lutheran Church with that congregation moving into Messiah's building. Messiah's church was sold when St. Matthew's (with Messiah) moved into a newly built church at 202 Sherman Avenue, Inwood, in 1957.^{[3] [4]}

References

• Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.

40.8655°N -73.9217°W

Notes and References

1. http://www.metrohistory.com/dbpages/NBresults.lasso Office for Metropolitan History
2. Rev. Peter Debra, "Timeline of Messiah Mission Church," (Accessed 27 Dec 2010)
3. Rev. Peter Debra, A Timeline of a History of St. Matthew (Accessed 27 Dec 2010)
4. Rev. Peter Debra, "About Us" (Accessed 27 Dec 2010)