{"nrhp_refnum":"80002638","name":"Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"228 N. 12th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.719471386000066,"lon":-73.95340921399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A monumental four-story Russian Orthodox cathedral at 228 North 12th Street, Brooklyn, beside McCarren Park, built 1916-1922 to designs by Louis Allmendiger, with an adjoining yellow brick rectory.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a unique local example of traditional Russian ecclesiastical architecture, modeled on the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin. Its five copper-clad onion domes make it a visual landmark on the Brooklyn skyline. The elaborate interior, especially the three-tiered oak iconostasis with icons copied from noted Russian iconographers, is cited as fine Russian religious art.","narrative":"Rising beside McCarren Park in Brooklyn, this four-story yellow brick cathedral is topped by five copper-clad onion domes, each crowned with a gilded Russian Orthodox cross. Begun in 1916 and finished in 1922 at a cost of $117,000, it was designed by local architect Louis Allmendiger, who is otherwise known for tenement buildings in the same brick. The plan follows a Greek cross, with square corner towers carrying octagonal belfries, and the design was copied from the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin. Inside, painted murals, stained glass and marble-like painted columns surround a three-tiered oak iconostasis first erected in 1908 in the congregation's earlier church. Its icons were copied from works by Vasnetsov and Izahkevich, and an icon from the Pochaev monastery was presented by Patriarch Tikhon. A yellow brick rectory stands to the east. The cathedral was listed for its architecture and its embodiment of Russian Orthodox tradition.","period_of_significance":"1916-21","architect_builder":"Louis Allmendiger","architectural_style":"Russian version of the Byzantine style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, in religious use and described as in excellent condition and unaltered; the congregation has carried out restoration of liturgical items, murals and interior painting since 1966.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.697256-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002638.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002638/75eb86505d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002638/75eb86505d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RO_Transfig_Cathedral_Greenpoint_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RO_Transfig_Cathedral_Greenpoint_jeh.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318509","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Cathedral_of_the_Transfiguration_of_Our_Lord","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2109124"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/russian-orthodox-cathedral-of-the-transfiguration-of-our-lord-80002638/"}