Sep 3 Sep 3 Church of the Transfiguration, New York Luke Cabading New York City, Sacred Places View fullsize “In 1794 English-speaking descendants of these German speaking Lutherans were also unsuccessful in having alternate sermons in English. In 1801 the English speakers: “..bought a plot of ground 83 feet by 85 feet on the corner of Mott and Cross (now Park) Streets, and erected thereon a large, commodious, and substantial stone church, 55 feet in width and 76 feet in length, walls 30 inches in thickness, with galleries, at a cost of $15,000.” The elevation of the site suggested the name “English Lutheran Church Zion.”” — http://www.transfigurationnyc.org/p/about-us/our-history View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Leave a comment