Stuyvesant Heights
church gets $30K
Landmarks Conservancy gives house of worship
hefty grant to repair massive stain-glass mural
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
A 146-year-old Stuyvesant
Heights house of worship’s
prayers have been answered
— by preservationists!
The New York Landmarks
Conservancy blessed
Stuyvesant Heights Christian
Church with a $30,000
grant to repair a massive
stain-glass mural at the aging
house of worship.
The leader of New York
Landmarks Conservancy announced
the donation on July
24, describing the money as
an offering to Kings County’s
divine architecture.
“We feel it is very important
to help maintain religious
structures that provide
a sense of history and place
to communities,” said Peg
Breen. “Many also provide
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programs that benefi t people
beyond their congregations.”
The 1873-built red brick
church — located at 69 Mac-
Donough St. near Tompkins
Avenue — exists as
charming example of classic
19th-century gothicrevival
architecture, and
serves more than 3,500 people
through various community
outreach programs
— including a pre-school,
after-school programs, and
bi-monthly food pantries,
according to Rev. Sharon
Codner-Walker.
But the last roughly century
and a half haven’t been
kind to church’s 40-foot,
stain-glass window located
on the building’s Tompkins
Avenue side, according to
Codner-Walker, who said
the conservancy’s check will
fund repairs to the window
and ailing wooden frame.
The Landmarks Conservancy
— founded in 1973
— has provided loans and
grants totalling over $52 million
to various historic buildings
around the state. This
year, the organization provided
$256,000 in “Sacred
Sites Grants” to 23 religious
institutions in New York, according
to the group’s president.
In addition to funds —
which are allotted for preservation
and restoration of
specifi c projects — the group
also lends technical and architectural
expertise to the
owners of historic buildings,
according to Breen.
Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church will spend a $30,000 grant to
renovate this stain glass window on Tompkins Avenue.
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