{"nrhp_refnum":"80002694","name":"Holy Trinity Church, St. Christopher House and Parsonage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"312-316 and 332 E. 88th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.77816973100005,"lon":-73.94940758599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-building church complex on the south side of East 88th Street in Manhattan, made up of Holy Trinity Church, St. Christopher House (Rhinelander Memorial) and the Parsonage, designed by Barney & Chapman and built in 1897.","why_significant":"The complex is cited as a rare New York example of French Gothic Revival style adapted to late 19th century brick and terra-cotta religious buildings. It is one of two French Gothic Revival church groupings in New York City by Barney & Chapman, and is considered the firm's masterpiece. Its three buildings are arranged in a U-shape around a landscaped courtyard and unified by common materials.","narrative":"Holy Trinity Church, St. Christopher House and the Parsonage form a connected complex on East 88th Street in Manhattan, completed in 1897 to designs by the firm Barney & Chapman. The church, a Latin cross in plan, has a 150-foot bell tower and a carved Gothic portal with sculpture by Karl Bitter. St. Christopher House, resembling a Loire Valley chateau, holds a gymnasium, club rooms and an auditorium, and the three-story parsonage sits beside the chancel. All are built of mottled golden-brown Roman brick and terra cotta and are arranged in a U around a green courtyard. Inside, the church has carved wooden roof trusses and stained glass by Henry Holliday. The complex was funded by Serena Rhinelander as a memorial to her father and grandfather, on land her family had owned since 1793. It is valued as a rare local example of French Gothic Revival design and as the firm's finest work.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1897)","architect_builder":"Barney & Chapman","architectural_style":"French Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and unaltered, on its original site; the property is occupied and in religious use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.995207-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002694.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002694/38ad935579-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002694/38ad935579-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_Trinity_CoE_E88_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_Trinity_CoE_E88_jeh.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319594","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_St._Christopher_House_and_Parsonage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5886599"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/holy-trinity-church-st-christopher-house-and-parsonage-80002694/"}