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Church of the Transfiguration (The Little Church Around the Corner), New York City, circa 1940

Subjects
ChurchesTown & City Views
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Church of the Transfiguration (The Little Church Around the Corner), New York City, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Church of the Transfiguration (The Little Church Around the Corner), New York City, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The picture shows the red-brick Church of the Transfiguration, popularly known as "The Little Church Around the Corner," on East 29th Street in Manhattan, with its gabled entrance porch, tower and cross, set behind an iron fence and dwarfed by the tall apartment and office blocks rising behind it. Founded in 1849, the Episcopal parish earned its nickname in the 1870s after another New York church reportedly declined to bury an actor and recommended "the little church around the corner" instead, a gesture that cemented its long association with the theatre community. The present Gothic Revival building dates from the 1850s and remains a popular wedding church.

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PublisherDexter Press, Inc.
The Little Church Around The Corner (Church of the Transfiguration), New York, N. Y. — 4 --- The Little Church Around the Corner famous for its many weddings of people from all over the country also has a treasure in the form of a rare collection of paintings, wood carvings and statues. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE Colorcraft—Made by The Dexter Press, Pearl River, N. Y. 26792
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PublisherDexter Press, Inc.
ConditionVery good
Place depictedChurch of the Transfiguration, New York, NY
Place mentionedNew York, NY
NotesLinen-textured stock with a white border; caption printed in black along the lower edge; small number "4" at the end of the caption line. No postmark; unused card. Linen-texture divided-back postcard with printed description at left, "POST CARD" heading and one-cent stamp box at right; Colorcraft—Dexter Press imprint and number 26792. Slight corner/edge wear, faint pencil squiggle near center right.

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Church of the Transfiguration (The Little Church Around the Corner), New York City, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/church-of-the-transfiguration-the-little-church-around-the-c. Accessed October 25, 2026.