[5] They found solace in these churches, where they could keep up with news from their homeland, collect and send mail and enjoy refreshments.

[2] In 1921, a year after a donation of around $250,000 from Henrietta E. Francis Talcott, the church was rebuilt in a Gothic style.

The donor was the wife of farmer-turned-millionaire James Talcott, who died in 1916 at the age of 86.

On March 31, 1978, the Church of Sweden Abroad bought the property from the New York Bible Society for $570,000.

[6] The song "Christmas in New York" was written by Billy Butt on the church's piano in 1979.