{"nrhp_refnum":"00001012","name":"First Hungarian Reformed Church","other_names":["First Hungarian Reformed Church of New York City","First Magyar Reformed Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"344-346 East 69th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.76606332100005,"lon":-73.95844893999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and stucco church with an attached parsonage at 344-346 East 69th Street in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, completed in 1916 and designed by Hungarian-born architect Emery Roth.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A for its association with New York City's Hungarian community in the twentieth century, and under Criterion C as a rare example of Hungarian vernacular religious architecture in America. It reflects the ethnic roots of Yorkville, where immigrant congregations built churches that referred to the Old World.","narrative":"Completed in 1916 on East 69th Street in Manhattan's Yorkville neighborhood, this church adapts Hungarian vernacular architecture to a narrow 35-foot midblock lot. Emery Roth, a Hungarian-born architect better known for apartment towers, designed it with a yellow stucco facade, faience tile panels, bracketed eaves and an 80-foot bell tower topped by a conical roof. Inside, an elliptical ceiling holds 322 individually painted coffers with motifs reminiscent of Hungarian folk art. An 1879 Neo-Grec rowhouse next door, bought and remodeled in 1916, serves as the parsonage. The congregation formed in 1895 and moved northward with the city's Hungarian population, first from 4th Street to East 7th Street and then to East 69th Street. The church is valued for its association with Hungarian life in New York, which had the nation's largest Hungarian community by 1940, and as a rare local example of Hungarian religious architecture. It is now the oldest church in its neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"1916 - 1950","architect_builder":"Emery Roth, architect; McDermott & Henigan","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century Revival: Hungarian vernacular; Victorian: Neo-Grec (parsonage)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a church and parsonage; the first floor of the parsonage holds the church office and the upper floors are living space for the minister.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.435097-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001012.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001012/5c9f641141-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001012/5c9f641141-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First-hungarian.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof (talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First-hungarian.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319493","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Hungarian_Reformed_Church_of_New_York","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5453083"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/first-hungarian-reformed-church-00001012/"}