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St. Stephen's United Methodist Church
146 West 228th Street
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St. Stephen's United Methodist Church
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St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, built in 1897, is at the base of Marble Hill.
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St. Stephen's United Methodist Church, 1932. A Methodist congregation, known as Mosholu Methodists was established in the Bronx in 1825. In 1835 the congregation was incorporated as The Methodist Episcopal Church Bethel and their first church building was located at 251st Street and Old Albany Post Road. After a name change (to St. Stephen's) and a move, the parish would build its current home in 1897. The Victorian church building might be one of the most quaint church buildings in the city with its oak-frame structure, weathered shingles, fieldstone base, and small tower. Despite the many drastic changes to the neighborhood-- not least of which is the fact that Marble Hill, once geographically attached to Manhattan, is now firmly on the mainland of the Bronx-- St. Stephen's remains. After a thorough restoration, the church was rededicated in 2010.
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St. Stephen's United Methodist Church
St. Stephen's Methodist Episcopal Church at Marble Hill Avenue and W. 228th Street, Bronx, New York City, 1916.
St. Stephen's Methodist Episcopal Church
Manhattan: 228th Street - Marble Hill Avenue (1) St. Stephen's Methodist Episcopal Church, 228th Street at the S.E. corner of Marble Hill Ave. 1932\. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 482. (2) The same, showing a tablet on the church. 1932\. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 481.
St. Stephen's United Methodist Church
St. Stephen's United Methodist Church
Manhattan: 228th Street (West) - Marble Hill Avenue West 228th Street, south side, east from and including Marble Hill Ave., showing at the S.E. corner of same St. Stephens M.E. Church. In the background appears the elevated structure of the west side I.R.T. subway on Broadway. Buildings, faintly outlined across same are in the Borough of the Bronx. The 2 1/2 story frame house seen on the right is No. 96 Marble Hill Ave. P.L. Sperr October 26, 1927
St. Stephen's United Methodist Church
Manhattan: Marble Hill Avenue - Fort Charles Place Marble Hill Ave., east side, at the head of Fort Charles Place, showing a general view northward across an excavation for a new apartment house. Shown on Broadway are the elevated tracks of the west side I.R.T. subway. All structures seen across same are in the Bronx; those on the left being in Marble Hill, Manhattan. On the extreme left is a 27-story frame house (No. 86 Marble Hill Ave.) while north of same and fronting on the same avenue is St. Stephens M.E. Church. This is a set of three views; No. 2 showing a close-up of the new apartment site and No. three, the same area in an eastward direction from Broadway and West 230th Street, in the Bronx.
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