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Metropolitan Baptist Church
151 West 128th Street · Manhattan, New York City
A Harlem church shows how two separate building campaigns formed one place of worship.
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NYFE Summary
A Presbyterian congregation first built a smaller chapel and lecture room, then added the main auditorium. A Black Baptist congregation bought the building in 1918 after outgrowing several earlier homes.
The two building stages meet at a corner of unlike roof shapes. A low, curved section has a rose window and a partly conical roof. Beside it, a broad gable and towers mark the larger auditorium.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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