tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post8149661797907624725..comments2024-03-27T05:56:36.051-04:00Comments on H A R L E M + B E S P O K E: ☞ WALK: The Carmansville Star of DavidUlysseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00817576268296958520noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-65785883737656589732011-10-10T10:36:41.325-04:002011-10-10T10:36:41.325-04:00It has always been a church, never a synagogue. Wi...It has always been a church, never a synagogue. William and Sarah Cornell deeded the four lots of land in 1869. In 1896 the NY Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church noted the Cornell's express conditions that their gift was to be “held so long as the said premises shall be used, kept, and maintained and disposed of...as a place of devine worship for the use of the ministry and membership of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America..." http://books.google.com/books?id=nNwpAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA18&lpg=RA1-PA18&dq=%22washington+heights+methodist+episcopal+church%22&source=bl&ots=kDe8exXviV&sig=aF4xVfr5nDRDEj-jy5wTcAFNYsg&hl=en&ei=YPuSTtHmHIXa0QGSu9VT&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=%22washington%20heights%20methodist%20episcopal%20church%22&f=false<br /> The church finally got built circa 1905 as the Washington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church, and later became an African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church. The church's presence contributed to the Church of the Intercession (Episcopal) being built inside Trinity Church Cemetery at Broadway and 153rd Street instead of facing Amsterdam as originally planned, since it was considered an encroachment of parish territory.<br /><br />- Eric K. WashingtonP u r s l a n ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04414220609894533295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-33189951588341658082010-06-07T22:33:53.196-04:002010-06-07T22:33:53.196-04:00Wrong, Anonymous. It was founded as a synagogue. P...Wrong, Anonymous. It was founded as a synagogue. Please check this out in any historical archive! You obviously don't know your Harlem history too well.Harlem historiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-21715312233617326522010-05-04T12:05:33.619-04:002010-05-04T12:05:33.619-04:00It is, and has always been, a church:
http://www...It is, and has always been, a church: <br /><br />http://www.audubonparkny.com/AudubonParkWashingtonHeightsPresbyterianChurch.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-75048358460537852552010-04-26T16:35:42.269-04:002010-04-26T16:35:42.269-04:00Based on its Victorian Gothic stylistic elements, ...Based on its Victorian Gothic stylistic elements, the building appears to have been constructed as a church rather than a synagogue. The Moorish Revival style was typically adopted for synagogues built in the late 19th century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-52697472908679006612010-04-26T14:35:55.579-04:002010-04-26T14:35:55.579-04:00The Star of David is an architectural feature of m...The Star of David is an architectural feature of many 19th-Cent. Christian edifices because: 1. In Harlem many church buildings have their beginnings as Synogogues, i.e. Mt. Nebo Baptist Church on ACP Blvd & 114th St. and, 2. Because many Churches want to reflect their ancient Judeo-Christian beginnings in their architecture.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06558758450413912484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-9265581408634243012010-04-26T11:39:08.924-04:002010-04-26T11:39:08.924-04:00The Star of David is an architectural feature of m...The Star of David is an architectural feature of many 19th-century Protestant churches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-83494523443236760722010-04-26T10:38:44.624-04:002010-04-26T10:38:44.624-04:00Christianity didn't start in Israel. It start...Christianity didn't start in Israel. It started in Palestine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com