Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY

Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY

1808 by Carl Pfeiffer

The church is built of New Jersey red sandstone.

With a capacity of nearly 2,000, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church is the largest Presbyterian sanctuary in Manhattan.

Designed in the Victorian Gothic style, the Sanctuary interior follows strict, Reformed Protestant precepts and unlike most Gothic churches, the interior of the sanctuary has no right angles. The floor slopes, the pews fan outward, and the balcony surrounds all that is below, bringing the entire congregation within clear sight and hearing range of the preaching and music ministry.