page_title: First Presbyterian Church of Newtown
section_title: Manse
hierarchical_section_title: First Presbyterian Church of Newtown / Design / Manse
caption_attribution_description: English: Manse of First Presbyterian Church of Newtown in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, seen in July 2020
context_page_description: The First Presbyterian Church of Newtown is a historic Presbyterian church in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The church complex is composed of the main church, a parish hall, and a manse. The current complex at 54th Avenue, between Seabury Street and Queens Boulevard, is the fifth church complex built for the congregation.
  The congregation was founded in 1652 and was originally housed in a building that it shared with other congregations. In 1669, the town of Newtown erected a new building for the churches. The congregation became part of the Presbyterian Church in 1715 and built a structure that was demolished during the American Revolutionary War. A second building, called the Old White Church, was erected in 1791 and remained standing until 1928. The congregation moved to its current building when it was completed in 1895. The manse was built in 1907. Both the church building and manse were moved in 1924 when Queens Boulevard was widened, and the parish hall was built in 1931.
  The current church building is a Late Gothic Revival style, granite and brownstone church with a steep slate gable roof.
context_section_description: The manse, which dates from 1907, is a nine-room, ​2 ¹⁄₂-story L-shaped house along Seabury Street to the southwest, near the corner with 54th Avenue. It serves as the pastor's residence. As originally built, the manse had a main entrance with Ionic-style pilasters and a portico with a pediment. A porch with columns ran around the manse, and there was a keystone above the rounded dormer window on the main facade. The porch was removed sometime between 1923 and 1925. The facade is clad with green wooden siding with several windows on all four sides; the northeast and southwest elevations contain double- and triple-width windows, while the northwest and southeast elevations contain only single-width windows. The northeast elevation contains a small foyer. It is topped by a hip roof, with a brick chimney above the center and a dormer window projecting above the second floor on the southwest and southeast sides.
  The interior has wood trimmings and neoclassical decorative detail. There is a vestibule inside the main entrance, as well as a hallway lit by a chandelier. Stairs go to the second floor and the basement. The first floor has a central hall that leads to a kitchen, three rooms with fireplaces, and a restroom; most of the flooring is made of parquet wood. The second floor has several closets, a pastor's office, two other rooms, and a restroom. Stairs lead to the attic, which contains the dormer windows on the southwest and southeast elevations.
caption: Manse, as seen from Seabury Street
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