St. Thomas Episcopal Church
5th Ave & 53rd St
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Agnes van RhijnAda BrookMarian Brook
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About This Location
The society church for Gilded Age marriages and funerals. Easter Sunday parade scenes — Van Rhijns and Russells in full finery — were filmed at Albany churches. Current neo-Gothic building dates from 1914.
St. Thomas Church still stands at 5th Ave & 53rd St — the current neo-Gothic building dates from 1914 and is a NYC landmark open to visitors.
Church has been at 5th & 53rd since 1870; current building 1914. Easter scenes filmed at Albany churches.