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Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
133-145 West 46th Street · Manhattan, New York City
An active church whose medieval-looking front conceals an early steel frame and a history of neighborhood mission work.
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NYFE Summary
The parish combined Anglo-Catholic worship with mission work and nursing care for its neighbors. The buildings around the church provided space for that work as well as for its clergy. Behind the medieval-looking walls, a steel frame supported the large church.
The main front has a pointed entrance, a large circular window and carved figures by J. Massey Rhind. Slender pinnacles rise at the edges of the facade. These details give the church a different outline from the tall commercial buildings around it.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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