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Riverside Church - 480-490 Riverside Drive, NY, NY The Riverside Church is one of the best known religious structures in New York City. Financed with gifts from members of the church, including the industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the neo-Gothic style complex, built between 1928 and 1930, consists of three distinct sections: a five-bay nave and chancel extending

Even so, in July 1928 they had to take out a three-year, $30,000 mortgage loan with the Bank of Italy (later the Bank of America). Ground for the new parish house was broken on January 3, 1928 and the building was dedicated the following December. Excluding the cost of the lot, the total bill for the building, after about $15,000

Designed in French Gothic style by Lewis Hobart, construction on the cathedral began in 1928. When it was finally completed in 1964 , it was the third largest Episcopal cathedral in United States. In July 2008, Grace Cathedral announced plans to implement solar power technology.