Saint Thomas Church (Manhattan)
| St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue | |
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| Saint Thomas Church in the City of New York | |
St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue | |
| Location | 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue Manhattan, New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Episcopal Church |
| Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
| Website | saintthomaschurch |
| History | |
| Founded | 1823 |
| Dedication | St. Thomas |
| Consecrated | April 25, 1916 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Ralph Adams Cram |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1914 |
| Construction cost | $1,171,906.44 (equivalent to $37,668,421 in 2025) |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 214 feet (65 m) |
| Width | 100 feet (30 m) |
| Nave width | 43 feet (13 m) |
| Height | 95 feet (29 m) |
| Materials | Kentucky limestone, Kentucky sandstone |
| Administration | |
| Province | Province II |
| Diocese | New York |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop | Matthew Heyd |
| Rector | Carl F. Turner |
| Priests |
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| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Richard Tanner |
| Organists |
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| Verger |
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St. Thomas Church and Parish House | |
New York City Landmark No. 0260 | |
| Location | 1–3 W. 53rd St. Manhattan, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°45′39″N 73°58′34″W / 40.76083°N 73.97611°W |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002722 |
| NYSRHP No. | 06101.000442 |
| NYCL No. | 0260 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 9, 1980 |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | October 19, 1966 |
Saint Thomas Church is an Episcopal parish church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York at 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Also known as Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue or Saint Thomas Church in the City of New York, the parish was incorporated on January 9, 1824. The current structure, the congregation's fourth church, was designed by the architects Ralph Adams Cram and Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in the French High Gothic Revival style and completed in 1914. The church reported 2,753 members in 2015 and 2,875 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $2,435,735 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 478 persons.
In 2020, following a gift from the family trust of the late John and Mary Alyce Merrow, a camera system with a dozen 360-degree-rotating cameras was installed. Online attendance has remained significant; during Advent and Christmas, 2022, on-line participation was 38,000 with an average attendance of 25 minutes.
The church is home to the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, a choral ensemble comprising men and boys which performs music of the Anglican tradition at worship services and offers a full concert series during the course of the year. The men of the Saint Thomas Choir are professional singers and the boys are students enrolled at the Saint Thomas Choir School, the only church-affiliated residential choir school in the United States, where the choristers make up the whole student body. Only three such schools remain in the world currently; the two Anglican Choir Schools are Saint Thomas Choir School and Westminster Abbey Choir School in the United Kingdom.