Manhattan · NYC landmark
Church of the Transfiguration, Mott Street
25 Mott Street, at Mosco Street — historic church · Manhattan, New York City
A church used by three denominations traces changes in worship language and Chinatown’s immigrant communities.
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NYFE Summary
English-speaking Lutherans built this stone church after disputes over the language used in worship. The congregation later became Episcopal. The building then passed to a Catholic parish, which served successive Irish, Italian and Chinese immigrant communities.
Small fieldstones surround the pointed windows, and a bell tower divides the front gable. The parish continues to offer worship in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. Its history follows the changing population around Mott Street.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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