{"nrhp_refnum":"16000255","name":"Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church","other_names":["Salem United Methodist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"211 W. 129th St., 2190 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.81189233300006,"lon":-73.94681083299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2016-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Collegiate Gothic church with an attached parish hall and education building, at 715 Morris Street in the Pine Hills neighborhood of Albany, New York, built 1912-1914 and now known as Emmaus United Methodist Church.","why_significant":"The church is significant under Criterion C as an early-twentieth-century brick church with many characteristics of Collegiate Gothic architecture. It is also significant under Criterion A for its link to the growth of Pine Hills, which followed electric streetcar service in 1890. The congregation relocated here from a site in southern Albany that was cleared for a new public school.","narrative":"Standing on a high terrace at the corner of West Lawrence and Morris streets in Albany's Pine Hills neighborhood, this brick church was built in 1912-1914 for the Calvary Methodist Episcopal congregation, now Emmaus United Methodist. It has one tall story over a brick basement, a three-story corner tower, cast stone trim, buttresses and a large stained glass window in a pointed arch. A parish hall and education building, built at the same time, extends to the west. Inside, the sanctuary has a hammerbeam wood plank ceiling and auditorium-style seating. The church is recognized as a Collegiate Gothic design and for its place in Pine Hills' development, which grew after electric streetcars reached the area in 1890. The congregation, formerly Ashgrove Methodist Episcopal, moved here after its earlier church near Trinity Place was demolished for a new public school. The building remains in church use and also houses a Montessori school.","period_of_significance":"1914-1957","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Collegiate Gothic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The congregation has used and maintained the building for nearly 100 years. A Montessori school also operates in it. The sanctuary's upper walls are stripped of plaster pending funding for rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.971646-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000094.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/16000255/348dce8a5f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/16000255/348dce8a5f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CALVARY_METHODIST_EPISCOPAL_CHURCH,_NEW_YORK_CITY_ABOVE_110TH_ST._NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</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:CALVARY_METHODIST_EPISCOPAL_CHURCH,_NEW_YORK_CITY_ABOVE_110TH_ST._NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316183","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_United_Methodist_Church_(New_York_City)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137271974"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/calvary-methodist-episcopal-church-16000255/"}