Fifth Church of Christ Scientist, Madison Avenue

Gothic temple of the Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist on the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and East 38th Street, Murray Hill. Photograph by Underhill. Source: Murray Hill Neighborhood Association.

This temple was erected from 1853 to 1854 by the Zion Lutheran Church, founded in 1797. It was bought by the South Reformed Dutch Church in 1890, which occupied it until about 1911. Then it housed the Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist. The temple was demolished in 1917 and was replaced by the 16-story Fraternity Clubs Building, completed in 1924.