Messiah Mission Church (New York City)

Messiah Mission Church, also known as Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, was a Lutheran church in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan. The congregation was founded in 1916 and a two-storey brick school and chapel was built 1926 to designs by George W. Conable 46 West 24th Street, at 198-200 Sherman Avenue. The pastor who built the 1926 school church was Frederick P. Wilhem of 609 West 204th Street.[2][1]

Messiah Mission Church
General information
Town or city	New York, New York
Country	United States of America
Construction started	1926[1]
Completed	1927
Cost	$40,000[1]
Client	Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church[1]
Technical details
Structural system	brick masonry
Design and construction
Architect	George W. Conable 46 West 24th Street[1]

Messiah merged in 1945 with St. Matthew's Lutheran Church with that congregation moving into Messiah's building. Messiah's church was sold when St. Matthew's (with Messiah) moved into a newly built church at 202 Sherman Avenue, Inwood, in 1957.[3][4]

References

1. Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).
2. Rev. Peter Debra, "Timeline of Messiah Mission Church," Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 27 Dec 2010)
3. Rev. Peter Debra, A Timeline of a History of St. Matthew Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 27 Dec 2010)
4. Rev. Peter Debra, "About Us" Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 27 Dec 2010)

• Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.