German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark
The German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark is an historic former church and current synagogue building located at 323 East 6th Street between First and Second Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, in New York City, New York, United States.
| German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark | |
|---|---|
German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark in 2009 | |
| 40°43′37″N 73°59′14″W / 40.72694°N 73.98722°W | |
| Address | 323 East 6th Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York 10001 |
| Country | United States |
| Previous denomination | Lutheranism |
| History | |
| Status | |
| Founder(s) | Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Renaissance Revival |
| Completed | 1847 |
| Closed |
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German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark | |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000296[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 15, 2004 |
Church building edit
The Renaissance Revival style former church was built in 1847 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew which first rented it to St. Mark's and subsequently sold it to them in 1857.[2][dead link][3] By the end of the nineteenth century the congregation was in decline as congregants were moving elsewhere. Much of the church membership was killed in the 1904 General Slocum disaster, most of the victims being women and children, and the congregation never recovered.[4]
General Slocum disaster edit
In 1904, The Ladies' Aid Society (Frauenhilfsverein) chartered the General Slocum steamboat for their summer outing on the East River. The boat caught fire and over 1000 parishioners perished in one of the worst disasters in the city's history. Thereafter Germans began moving uptown from the Lower East Side, primarily to Yorkville and abandoned the church. The parish of St. Mark's merged with the Zion Church in Yorkville in 1946 to become Zion St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church.[5]
Synagogue edit
| Sixth Street Community Synagogue Max D. Raiskin Center | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Modern Orthodox Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
| Leadership | Rabbi Gavriel Bellino |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 323 East 6th Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York 10001 |
| Architecture | |
| Date established | 1940 (as a congregation) |
| Completed |
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| Website | |
| www | |
In 1940, the church was converted to the Sixth Street Community Synagogue, located in the Max D. Raiskin Center, a Modern Orthodox Jewish congregation.[4][6]
Evicted from premies in 2013, located at 3 West Sixteenth Street, the congregation known as the Young Israel of Fifth Avenue,[7] subsequently merged into the Sixth Street congregation.
Building preservation edit
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004,[1] and is located within the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, which was created in October 2012.[2][dead link]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Brazee, Christopher D. (October 9, 2012). "East Village/Lower East Side Historic District Designation Report" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. City of New York.[dead link]
- ^ "Timeline of St Matthews". Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ a b Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12543-7., p.49
- ^ "Zion St. Mark's: Our History". Zion St. Marks. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Ilana (June 15, 2011). "A Look Back at the General Slocum Disaster". Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Eller, Sandy (February 1, 2013). "After Long Feud, Shul Evicted From 16th St". JewishPress.com. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
External links edit
- Media related to Community Synagogue formerly St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of the Sixth Street Synagogues