St Thomas Church at the corner of 5th Avenue and 53rd St. celebrates its bicentennial anniversary today. The Episcopalian church was founded on October 12, 1823 in Lower Manhattan. This is the fourth building for the church, with two of the previous three being destroyed by fires. It was designed by Ralph Adams Cram, who also designed the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Amsterdam Ave. and St. Bartholemew's Church on Park Ave., and opened in 1913.
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