St. John the Martyr Church (New York City)

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Church of St. John the Martyr
(formerly Knox Memorial Presbyterian Church)[1]
Robertson's 1886 designs for a church on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The main church was never built, but the chapel was, as Knox Presbyterian Church, now St. John the Martyr Roman Catholic Church.
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General information
Town or city250 East 72nd Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York
CountryUnited States of America
Construction started1904 (for renovation)[1]
Completed1887 (for church)[3]
ClientThe Presbytery of New York, purchased by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Design and construction
Architect(s)R.H. Robertson (for 1887 church)[2]

The Church of St. John the Martyr was a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 250 East 72nd Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.340.
  2. ^ "Streetscapes: A Starter Sanctuary", New York Times, June 4, 2009. Accessed June 5, 2009
  3. ^ David W. Dunlap, From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.) p. 219.