The brownstone church, built in 1872 by New York City's Collegiate Church system (established in 1626), served residents south of Central Park. Standing on the NW corner of 5th Avenue and 48th Street, across from St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral, it was often called the "Protestant Cathedral." Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie were noted parishioners. The area became commercial by 1900; in the 1930s, the church was dwarfed by the new Rockefeller Center. It's final service was held July 24, 1949 with 400 in attendance. The church was razed in 1949, making way for the Sinclair Oil Building, now part of Rockefeller Center. The beautiful, carved chancel furniture was saved and installed in Third Reformed Church, Holland, Michigan, in 1967-68.
