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Wadsworth Avenue & 178th Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Wadsworth Avenue - 178th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Wadsworth Avenue - 178th Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Wadsworth Avenue - 178th Street (West), 1927

    Manhattan: Wadsworth Avenue - 178th Street (West)

    1927

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Manhattan: Wadsworth Avenue - 178th Street, 1927

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Manhattan: Wadsworth Avenue - 178th Street

1927

Universalist Church, Wadsworth Avenue at S.W. corner of 178th Street. This edifice was erected some time around 1920. May 27, 1927. P. L. Sperr. The New York Times of January 1, 1939 reports the sale of this edifice by the Universalist General Convention of Boston to the Mission Church, a Norwegian Lutheran Congregational body.

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