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Church of the Transfiguration, Episcopal (Manhattan)

1848 establishments in New York (state)19th-century Episcopal church buildingsAnglo-Catholic church buildings in the United StatesChurches completed in 1849Churches in Manhattan
Episcopal church buildings in New York CityGothic Revival church buildings in New York CityMurray Hill, ManhattanNew York City Designated Landmarks in ManhattanProperties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in ManhattanReligious organizations established in 1848
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The Church of the Transfiguration, also known as the Little Church Around the Corner, is an Episcopal parish church located at 1 East 29th Street, between Madison and Fifth Avenues in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The congregation was founded in 1848 by George Hendric Houghton and worshiped in a home at 48 East 29th Street until the church was built and consecrated in 1849. The church was designed in the early English Neo-Gothic style; the architect has not been identified. The sanctuary is set back from the street behind a garden which creates a facsimile of the English countryside and which has long been an oasis for New Yorkers, who relax in the garden, pray in the chapel, or enjoy free weekday concerts in the main church. The complex has grown somewhat haphazardly over the years, and for this reason it is sometimes called the "Holy Cucumber Vine". The sanctuary had a guildhall, transepts, and a tower added to it in 1852, and the lych-gate, designed by Frederick Clarke Withers, was built in 1896. Chapels were added in 1906 (lady chapel) and 1908 (mortuary chapel). The Edwin Booth memorial stained glass window (1898) is by John LaFarge.In 1967, the church was designated a New York City landmark, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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Church of the Transfiguration, Episcopal (Manhattan)
East 29th Street, New York Manhattan

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