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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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Museum of the City of New York
Museum of the City of New YorkVillage Presbyterian Church ca. 1985
The simulation of stone in wood required that the carpenters produce absolutely flat, smooth surfaces for parts of the entablature and for the back of the pediment. Where these surfaces were not properly maintained and kept painted, the whole illusion was lost. In this hexastyle Doric church it was apparently not deemed necessary to return the entablature beyond the depth of the portico, as this was not a corner site.
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Municipal Art Society of New York
Municipal Art Society of New York