Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Manhattan

{{Short description|Church in Manhattan, New York}}

{{Use American English|date=August 2024}}

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{{distinguish|text=Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on West 65th Street}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Trinity Lutheran Church

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| image = Trinity Lutheran W100 St jeh.jpg

| image_size = 225px

| caption = 2011

| location = 164 W. 100th St.
Manhattan, New York City

| coordinates = {{coord|40|47|46.25|N|73|58|5.26|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York City

| area = Upper West Side

| built = 1908

| architect = George W. Conable

| architecture = Gothic Revival

| added = September 16, 2009{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2009-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf |title=Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places |date=September 25, 2009 |access-date=January 28, 2010 |work=Weekly Listings |publisher=National Park Service}}

| refnum = 09000722

| website = http://en.tlcofnyc.org/

}}

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Manhattan is a Lutheran church located at 164 West 100th Street just east of Amsterdam Avenue, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1888{{cite fromatoz}}, p. 280 as the German Evangelical Lutheran Church to serve German immigrants moving into the Upper West Side. It initially held services in a storefront until money had been raised to buy land and build a sanctuary.[http://www.trinitylutherannyc.org/about-us/history "History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216074021/http://www.trinitylutherannyc.org/about-us/history |date=2011-02-16 }} on the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church website

The double-height brick and stone masonry church building was constructed in 1908, and was designed by George W. Conable in the Gothic Revival style.[http://www.metrohistory.com/dbpages/NBresults.lasso Office for Metropolitan History], "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).Russiello, James R. [http://library.bath.ac.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/UNIV-BATH/0/5?searchdata1=russiello&srchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^SUBJECTS^^anywhere&searchoper1=AND&searchdata8=%28^15+OR+^122%29{COPY}&srchfield8=GENERAL^SUBJECT^SUBJECTS^^anywhere&library=UNIV-BATH&user_id=ILINK-BATH A Sympathetic Planning Hierarchy for Redundant Churches: A Comparison of Continued Use and Reuse in Denmark, England and the United States of America] (MSc Conservation of Historic Buildings, University of Bath, 2008), p. 78-79. In the 1950s, the building was slated for demolition as part of Robert Moses' urban renewal program, but the parish resisted and eventually, after 10 years, won the battle. It became the only structure within {{convert|32|acres|ha}} in its neighborhood not to have been razed by Moses. On September 26, 2009, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The church is a member congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is a Reconciling in Christ partner.{{Cite web |title=Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan – 164 W. 100th St, New York, NY 10025 |url=http://en.tlcofnyc.org/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |language=en-US}}