Church of the French Protestants (Eglise Français du Saint Esprit), New York (section and plan)

Church of the French Protestants (Eglise Français du Saint Esprit), New York (section and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The design of the portico of this church may have been inspired by William and Henry William Inwood's Saint Pancras New Church, London (1819–22). The interior was based on Christopher Wren's Church of Saint Stephen's Walbrook, London (1672–79). The dome was destroyed by fire in 1839, and the building was demolished in 1864.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Church of the French Protestants (Eglise Français du Saint Esprit), New York (section and plan)Church of the French Protestants (Eglise Français du Saint Esprit), New York (section and plan)Church of the French Protestants (Eglise Français du Saint Esprit), New York (section and plan)Church of the French Protestants (Eglise Français du Saint Esprit), New York (section and plan)Church of the French Protestants (Eglise Français du Saint Esprit), New York (section and plan)

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