Open House - Brown Memorial Baptist Church

Brown Memorial Church will be highlighted in the Sacred Sites Open House weekend, sponsored by the New York Landmarks Conservancy. The church is also seeking a grant in the Partners in Preservation program for complete restoration of their Tiffany stained glass. 

Brown Memorial was originally built as the Washington Baptist Church by architect Ebenezer L. Roberts in 1860, as commissioned by oil magnate Charles Pratt. The Brown Memorial Baptist congregation was founded in 1916 and purchased the building in 1958. This landmark church is one of New York City’s finest examples of Early Romanesque-Revival style. The church’s exterior is an imposing and majestic structure, dominating the landscape and skyline while the interior sanctuary has curving wooden pews, a three-sided balcony, ornate plaster work, a large beautiful mosaic just behind the pulpit, a pipe organ in the balcony and twelve museum-quality Tiffany stained glass windows – including two extraordinary representations: “The Pilgrims” and “The Resurrection.”