Church of the Transfiguration - New York City, NY
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N 40° 44.702 W 073° 59.147
18T E 585625 N 4510948
This Episcopalian Church is located at 1 West 29th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
Waymark Code: WMCCQ0
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2011
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The Church was founded in 1848 and built in 1849. In 1973 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Wikipedia article (
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