St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)

Not to be confused with St. Michael's Church (34th Street, Manhattan).
St. Michael's Church
(2009)
St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Manhattan) is located in New York City
St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)
St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Manhattan) is located in New York
St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)
St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Manhattan) is located in the United States
St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)
Location225 W. 99th St., New York, New York
Coordinates40°47′46″N 73°58′10″W / 40.79611°N 73.96944°W / 40.79611; -73.96944
Built1890–91
ArchitectRobert W. Gibson
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.96001354[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1996
Designated NYCLApril 12, 2016

St. Michael's Church is a historic Episcopal church at 225 West 99th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City.[2] The parish was founded on the present site in January 1807, at that time in the rural Bloomingdale District. The present limestone Romanesque building, the third on the site, was built in 1890–91 to designs by Robert W. Gibson and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

The church building also is noted for its Tiffany stained glass and its two tracker-action pipe organs built in 1967 by the Rudolph von Beckerath Organ Company (Hamburg, Germany); the church has fine acoustics.

In addition to traditional Anglican services, St. Michael's has services and prayer groups influenced by the emerging church movement.

Sale of air rights that enabled the building of The Ariel allowed St. Michael's to finance a major building restoration.[3]

On April 12, 2016, the church, parish house and rectory were designated landmarks by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.[4]

In 2021, it reported 568 members, average attendance of 100, and $743,546 in plate and pledge income.[5]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Salwen, p.43
  3. ^ Rasenberger, Jim (June 17, 2007) "High Anxiety" The New York Times
  4. ^ Danza, Cynthia and Percival, Marianne S. (April 12, 2016) "St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Parish House and Rectory Designation Report" New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
  5. ^ "Explore Parochial Trends". Episcopal Church. Retrieved December 2, 2022.