Apostolic Faith Mission (Brooklyn)
building in New York City, United States of America
The Apostolic Faith Mission church in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, located at 265 Lafayette Avenue northeast corner of Washington Avenue, occupies the historic nineteenth-century former Orthodox Friends Meeting House.
The former Society of Friends (Quaker) meetinghouse was built 1868, described in the AIA Guide to New York City as "A simple Lombardian Romanesque box polychromed with vigor by its current tenants." As of 1977, it was the Apostolic Faith Mission.
References
Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4780631. VIAF identifies the subject as 151482617. The Library of Congress control number is n2005203147. Authority coordinates are 40.688, -73.966. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1868 and 1977.
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