Metropolitan Baptist Church (New York City)

The Metropolitan Baptist Church, located at 151 West 128th Street on the corner of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was originally built in two sections for the New York Presbyterian Church, which moved to the new building from 167 West 111th Street.

[2][3] They moved to this building from the Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle at 120 West 138th Street, which later became Liberty Hall, a focus of the Back-to-Africa movement.

[3] The church was designated a New York City Landmark in 1981,[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

[2] The building is two and one half stories topped by a tremendous slate roof shaped as a partial cone.

The front facade features groups of stained glass, Gothic-arched lancet windows at various levels.