Elmendorf Reformed Church
Encyclopedia
Elmendorf Reformed Church, also known as Elmendorf Chapel, is a historic Reformed
church located in Harlem
, New York, New York
. It was built in 1894 and is a two story, plus basement building in the Renaissance Revival style. It is "L" shaped in plan and fills much of its 53 feet wide by 120 feet deep lot. The church was founded in 1660 as the Reformed Low Dutch Church of Harlem. This is the fifth church building to house this congregation.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2010.
Reformed Church in America
The Reformed Church in America is a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination in Canada and the United States. It has about 170,000 members, with the total declining in recent decades. From its beginning in 1628 until 1819, it was the North American branch of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1819, it...
church located in Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
, New York, New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. It was built in 1894 and is a two story, plus basement building in the Renaissance Revival style. It is "L" shaped in plan and fills much of its 53 feet wide by 120 feet deep lot. The church was founded in 1660 as the Reformed Low Dutch Church of Harlem. This is the fifth church building to house this congregation.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2010.