St. Bartholomew's Church (1876), circa 1918

St. Bartholomew's church at 346 madison avenue at east 44th street in manhattan, new york city, was designed by james renwick jr. In the lombardic style and was built from 1872-1876. It featured a portal by stanford white inspired by the abbey of saint-gilles-du-gard in provence which commemorated cornelius vanderbilt, whose son, william h. Vanderbilt, sold the site to the church. (source: from abyssinian to zion (2004)) this view is from c. 1918 title: [new york city: st. Bartholomews church, madison ave. & 44th st. ] date created/published: c1918. Medium: 1 photographic print. Reproduction number: lc-usz62-74656 (b&w film copy neg. ) rights advisory: no known restrictions on publication. Call number: lot 3788 [item] [p&p] repository: library of congress prints and photographs division washington, d. C. 20540 usa notes: photo copyrighted by irving underhill. No. C12580. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: geogr.;churches; hotels. Collections: miscellaneous items in high demand. Date: circa 1918.