{"nrhp_refnum":"74001270","name":"Grace Church and Dependencies","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Broadway, 10th St., and 4th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.732063701000044,"lon":-73.99091585335162,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-06-28","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1977-12-22","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of Gothic Revival religious and community buildings on Broadway, Tenth Street and Fourth Avenue in Manhattan, centered on a marble church designed by James Renwick Jr. in the 1840s, with a rectory, chantry, Grace House and a row of buildings along Fourth Avenue.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant for architecture and social history. Grace Church and Trinity Church led the introduction of an historically accurate Gothic Revival to America. Renwick and his successors then extended the Gothic style across the 19th century as the parish took on social and educational work.","narrative":"Grace Church and its dependencies occupy the southern half of a trapezoidal block where Broadway turns west across Manhattan. The marble church, with its tall spire, was designed by James Renwick Jr. at age 25 after he won a design competition. Construction began in 1843 and the congregation moved in during 1846. Alongside Trinity Church, it helped bring a more historically accurate Gothic Revival to America. As the parish took on social responsibilities later in the century, the complex grew. A rectory, a chantry (1877-79), Grace House (1880) and Grace Memorial House (1882-83) were added. After Renwick's death, Heins and LaFarge designed the Clergy House and Choir School in 1902, and Renwick, Aspinwall and Tucker designed Neighborhood House. Buildings at 84 and 86 Fourth Avenue were dedicated in 1911. The Fourth Avenue row carries the Gothic style through later work, including remodeled row houses faced in marble. The group marks the point where the street grid shifts and reflects the church's long ties to its neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"James Renwick Jr.; Heins and LaFarge; Renwick, Aspinwall and Tucker","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent and fair, altered, on its original site; in religious and educational use and occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.450503-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001270.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001270/7a7c14fbc7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001270/7a7c14fbc7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Alex Lozupone","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grace_Church_(Manhattan)_073.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Lozupone</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:Grace_Church_(Manhattan)_073.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319554","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Church_(Manhattan)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3916756"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/grace-church-and-dependencies-74001270/"}