2 ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAPHS (c1900)

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE ATONEMENT, NYC

2 ANTIQUE CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE ATONEMENT, NEW YORK CITY. New York: [No Photographer], [circa 1900]. 2 antique cabinet card photographs. Total measurements (including original cardstock mounts): 9 x 7 inches; and 5.5 x 6.5 inches. The larger photograph depicts an engraved view of the church, seen from the corner of Edgecombe Ave & 140th Street, Harlem, New York City. Moderate crease to mount. The smaller photograph is an albumen view of the altar and several rows of pews. Image a bit faint. Very good condition, with light wear.

The Lutheran Church of the Atonement

Architect: Henry Andersen

116 Edgecombe Ave.

Harlem, New York

The Church of the Atonement was originally a mission of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village. They constructed this magnificent sanctuary at a time when Harlem housed a large German Lutheran population. It became the Evangelical Church of the Atonement in 1897-98, which was founded by Rev. Frederick H. Knubel. But by the 1920s, the German Lutherans were moving further north. In 1927, Atonement merged with the Church of Our Saviour and relocated to Inwood, and it then housed Mount Calvary United Methodist Church. That church has since merged, and I believe that the church is now vacant and for sale (their website hasn’t been updated since 2017).

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