Brick Church, Park Avenue, New York City

Hand-color photo of the Brick Presbyterian Church, in New York City, in Park Avenue at 91st Street, in 1940. Published in in A Short History of the Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, 1768-1943, by James McCullough Farr. Below, a black and white photo taken in the same year.

The Brick Presbyterian Church, in New York City, was originally established on Beekman Street and Park Row in the 18th century as a Presbyterian Meeting. In 1858, the congregation moved to its second temple on Fifth Avenue. This third temple, in Park Avenue and 91st Street, was completed in 1940. The temple rises 149 feet. The exterior is of red brick and Indiana limestone.