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St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church

By Maria F. Aguirre
1940s Photograph of 210-216 W. 134th St.
1940s Photograph of 210-216 W. 134th St. This 1940s photograph show 214 W. 134th St, which is the location of St. Philip's P.E.Church. Image: Block 1939, Lot 40. Source: 1940s Tax Department photographs, New York City Municipal Archives,
https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_3426c9d1-5cc3-4156-b110-179b2f776d32/ Date: 1939-1941

“ST. PHILIP’S P.E. CHURCH, 214 West 134th Street, is said to be the wealthiest Negro church in America. It owns a great deal of real estate, and by purchasing apartment buildings and renting them to Negroes the church was an important factor in settlement of Harlem. The church structure, a plain edifice in red brick, completed in 1911, was designed by Vertner W. Tandy and George W. Foster, Negro architects, and cost $250,000” (New York City Guide, pp. 262).

The Black church most actively engaged in buying Harlem real state was St. Philip's P.E. Church ( Osofsky, 115). This church was also known as the wealthiest Black church in the country ( Osofsky, 115).

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1940s Photograph of 210-216 W. 134th St.
1940s Photograph of 210-216 W. 134th St. This 1940s photograph show 214 W. 134th St, which is the location of St. Philip's P.E.Church. Image: Block 1939, Lot 40. Source: 1940s Tax Department photographs, New York City Municipal Archives,
https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_3426c9d1-5cc3-4156-b110-179b2f776d32/ Date: 1939-1941
St. Philip's P.E. Church<br />
St. Philip's P.E. Church
 This is a newspaper photograph of St. Philip's P.E. Church, located on 214 West 134th Street. Source: Source: Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division.
Accessed through: The New York Public Library Digital Collection.
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-8dde-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Date: 1925
1980s Photograph of 210-16 West 134 Street
1980s Photograph of 210-16 West 134 Street This is a photograph taken in the 1980's that shows the address 214 W. 134th St. The church, St. Philip's P.E. Church, is still at this location. Block: 1939, Lot: 40 Source: 1980s Tax Department photographs, New York City Municipal Archives,
https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ae05b11b-d7f9-4ff1-a1bd-1e0c8abdd4d9/ Date: 1983-1988
Google Street View of 214 W. 134th St.
Google Street View of 214 W. 134th St. This is a Google Street View image captured Nov 2022. It shows the outside of St. Philip's P.E. Church at 214 W. 134th St. Source: Source: Google Maps, Street View.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/214+W+134th+St,+New+York,+NY+10030/@40.8149245,-73.9448693,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c2f67198943979:0x2224342acb7f2e12!8m2!3d40.8148578!4d-73.9453604?entry=ttu Date: Nov 2022
Digitized Historical Map: 214 W. 134th St.
Digitized Historical Map: 214 W. 134th St. Bounded by W. 139th Street, Lenox Avenue, W. 133rd Street and Eighth Avenue, Plate 151. St. Philip's P.E. Church is found on Block: 1939, Lot: 40. Source: Lanbook of the Borough of Manhattan City of New York (Bromley, 1925).
Accessed through: The New York Public Library Digital Collection.
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0b27-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Date: 1925

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Related Resources

  1. New York City Guide; a Comprehensive Guide to the Five Boroughs of the Metropolis: Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond. New York: Random house, 1939. Osofsky, Gilbert. Harlem, The Making of a Ghetto: Negro New York, 1890-1930. New York, Harper & Row.1971. 

Citation Info

Maria F. Aguirre, “St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church,” Tours of 1930s NYC, accessed October 1, 2024, https://aguirremariafernanda.reclaim.hosting/items/show/15.

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