Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1906)

Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1906-1919)
General information
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts architecture
Town or city	New York City
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°44′30″N 73°59′15″W / 40.74155°N 73.987519°W / 40.74155; -73.987519
Construction started	1904[1]
Completed	1906
Demolished	1919
Cost	$500,000
Client	Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Technical details
Structural system	masonry
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Stanford White of McKim, Mead, and White

Madison Square Presbyterian Church (demolished 1919) was a Presbyterian church in Manhattan, New York City, located on Madison Square Park at the northeast corner of East 24th Street and Madison Avenue. It was designed by Stanford White in a High Renaissance architectural style, with a prominent central dome over a cubical central space in an abbreviated Greek cross plan; it was built in 1906.^[2] The inaugural service was on October 14 of that year.^[3] The congregation's church had previously been located on the opposing, southeast corner of Madison and 24th Street, in a Gothic-style structure, also called the "Madison Square Presbyterian Church", whose cornerstone was laid in 1853 and which was completed the following year.^[4] Metropolitan Life Insurance Company purchased the original site for the construction of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, a 48-story building completed in 1909 which was the world's tallest building when it was constructed.^[5][6]