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This page describes Malcolm X Boulevard as it appeared in 2001. The tour was developed as part of the Malcolm X Boulevard Streetscape Enhancement Project. These pages are no longer being updated.

32. Bethelite Community Baptist Church 34 West 123rd Street - Designated New York City Historic Landmark
Another of the Boulevard's noteworthy examples of the Queen Anne style is the present-day Bethelite Community Baptist Church. This red brick and terra cotta building with "Richardsonian Romanesque" details was designed by Lamb & Rich in 1888-89 for the Harlem Club, a group of influential Protestant families living in the neighboring new rowhouses. Due to dissension among the members, the club disbanded and a bank foreclosure in 1907 ended the affiliation. It has been used as a church since 1947. Architectural historian Andrew Dolkart writes, "The roof line of the Lenox Avenue frontage is especially fine with its central gable flanked by tall chimneys, and two spectacular hooded dormers clad in Spanish tile." ("Historic Harlem," page 38)
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