{"nrhp_refnum":"08000933","name":"St. Philip's Church","other_names":["St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"210-216 West 134th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.81478691500007,"lon":-73.94527308999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church is a neo-Gothic brick church at 210-216 West 134th Street in Harlem, Manhattan, built in 1910-11 and designed by Tandy & Foster.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a highly representative example of early-twentieth-century decorated Gothic church architecture in New York City. It is also significant for ethnic heritage as one of the first institutions built for Harlem's new African-American community. It is an important work of Vertner W. Tandy, the first registered Black architect in New York State, and was built for the second oldest African-American congregation in the Protestant Episcopal Church in America.","narrative":"St. Philip's Church on West 134th Street in Harlem is a neo-Gothic church completed in 1911. It has an orange Roman brick front with cast-stone trim, a large pointed-arch window, and two matching entrances at the foot of the side aisles. Inside are a wood-trussed gabled ceiling, arcaded side aisles, opalescent glass windows, two chapels, and an altar and reredos carried from an earlier church. The building was designed by Vertner W. Tandy and George W. Foster, Jr., two pioneering Black architects; Tandy was the first registered Black architect in New York State. The congregation traces its roots to a school for African-Americans begun under Trinity Parish and was recognized as a parish in 1818. It moved uptown from West 25th Street as Black residents relocated to Harlem. The church is recognized for its Gothic design and for its place in African-American heritage in Harlem.","period_of_significance":"1910-11","architect_builder":"Tandy, Vertner W.; Foster, George W., Jr.","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The interior is described as largely intact from its construction, and the building is substantially intact inside and out. It continues in use as a church.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.65504-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000933.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000933/6f0547e538-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000933/6f0547e538-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Philip%27s_Church_204_West_134th_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Philip%27s_Church_204_West_134th_Street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319945","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Philip%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Manhattan)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591519"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/st-philips-church-08000933/"}