{"nrhp_refnum":"80002719","name":"St. Bartholomew's Church and Community House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"325 Park Ave. (formerly 109 E. 50th St.)","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.75724075450006,"lon":-73.97313273796604,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-16","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2016-10-31","areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Bartholomew's Church and Community House is a religious complex at 109 East 50th Street on Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan. The church was built in 1917-19 to designs by Bertram Goodhue, and the community house was added in 1926-28.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the church one of the most magnificent religious buildings in New York and one of the few Byzantine-inspired churches in the city. It was the last commission of Bertram Goodhue, a prominent ecclesiastical architect. Its design was shaped by a McKim, Mead & White portal salvaged from the congregation's earlier church, which carries sculpture by noted American sculptors.","narrative":"Set among large midtown skyscrapers, this Episcopal church and its attached community house occupy a site on Park Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets. Bertram Goodhue designed the church, built in 1917-19, using Romanesque and Byzantine elements. It has a Latin cross plan, salmon-colored brick with limestone, marble and tile trim, and an octagonal dome completed in 1930. The main entrance is a portal designed by McKim, Mead & White in 1901-03 for the congregation's earlier church on Madison Avenue, modeled on the church of St. Gilles-du-Gard in France and decorated by prominent American sculptors. Inside are gold mosaics by Hildreth Meiere, a Guastavino tile dome, and stained glass preserved from the former building. The community house, built in 1926-28 by Goodhue's associates, holds classrooms, a gymnasium and a swimming pool. The complex was recognized as one of the city's finest churches and as Goodhue's final work.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Bertram Goodhue, McKim, Mead & White","architectural_style":"Romanesque and Byzantine elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use for religious purposes; condition listed as excellent and good, with the dome exterior being waterproofed at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.978566-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002719.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002719/ed2d7defe6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002719/ed2d7defe6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Bartholomew%27s_Church_Summer_Streets.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._Bartholomew%27s_Church_Summer_Streets.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319925","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomew%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Manhattan)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3937267"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/st-bartholomews-church-and-community-house-80002719/"}