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Village Community Church ยท 143 West 13th Street
Village Community Church
Village Community Church

[Portico Place, 143 West 13th Street.]

Originally 13th Street Presbyterian Church, later Village Community Church. Attributed to Samuel Thomson. Rebuilt after fires in 1855 and 1902. Converted to apartments in 1982.

IMAGE DATE1985
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Village Community Church, West 13th Street, ca. 1985.

This temple-fronted Greek Revival church was built in 1846 as the Thirteenth Street Presbyterian Church. Mergers with nearby congregations led to a series of new names: Greenwich Presbyterian, Village Presbyterian, and the Village Community Church. In 1975, the church was sold to a residential developer, despite its inclusion in the Greenwich Village Historic District. It is now an apartment complex known as Portico Place.

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