Church of St. John the Evangelist

The Church of St. John the Evangelist was a church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse on 215 North State Street from 1855 to its closure in June 2010. Since 2015 the church building has housed the Samaritan Center, Syracuse's largest soup kitchen.

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Type: Church
Description: American Roman Catholic church
Also known as: “Church of Saint John the Evangelist”
Address: 215 North State Street, Syracuse, NY 13203

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Erie Canal Museum and Syracuse City Hall.

Erie Canal Museum

Museum

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The Erie Canal Museum is a historical museum about the Erie Canal located in Syracuse, New York. The museum was founded in 1962 and is a private, non-profit corporation. Erie Canal Museum is situated 810 feet south of Church of St. John the Evangelist.

Syracuse City Hall

Town hall

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The Syracuse City Hall is the city hall of Syracuse, New York. Unusually for civic buildings in the United States, it was constructed from 1889 to 1893 in the Romanesque Revival architectural style. Syracuse City Hall is situated 1,000 feet south of Church of St. John the Evangelist.

Church of the Saviour

Church

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The Church of the Saviour is a chapel in the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York. It is an Anglo-Catholic Episcopal parish noteworthy for its historically significant architecture and decor, which took shape in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Church of the Saviour is situated 500 feet east of Church of St. John the Evangelist.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Syracuse and Armory Square.

Downtown Syracuse

Neighborhood

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Downtown Syracuse is the economic center of Syracuse, New York, and Central New York, employing more than 30,000 people, and housing more than 4,300. It is also one of the 26 officially recognized neighborhoods of Syracuse.

Armory Square

Neighborhood

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Armory Square is a small neighborhood on the west side of Downtown Syracuse, New York. It began life as a busy commercial and industrial area just to the west of the central city.

Near Northeast

Neighborhood

Near Northeast is a Syracuse, New York neighborhood, located northeast of the city's downtown. It corresponds to Onondaga County Census Tract 15, 16, 23, and 24.

Church of St. John the Evangelist

Categories: building and religion
Location: Syracuse, Onondaga, Central New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.05283° or 43° 3′ 10″ north

Longitude

-76.14933° or 76° 8′ 58″ west

Open location code

87M53V32+47

OpenStreetMap ID

way 289949944

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

Wikidata ID

Q113245206

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Highlights: Syracuse Savings Bank Building and Gere Bank Building.

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Places to explore: Samaritan Center and Sunoco.

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