Calvary Church (Manhattan)

40°44′21″N 73°59′13″W / 40.739030°N 73.987000°W / 40.739030; -73.987000

A contemporaneous drawing made prior to 1867 of the church with its original wooden spires
Photographic postcard of Calvary Church in the 1880s, after the removal of the spires but with their octagonal bases intact
The church as it appeared in 2011; part of Calvary House can be seen on the right

Calvary Church is an Episcopal church located at 277 Park Avenue South on the corner of East 21st Street in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on the border of the Flatiron District. It was designed by James Renwick Jr., the architect who designed St. Patrick's Cathedral and Grace Church, and was completed in 1848. The church complex is located within the Gramercy Park Historic District and Extension.[1] It is one of the two sanctuaries of the Calvary-St. George's Parish.

  1. ^ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.