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The First Unitarian Church in Rochester, New York was designed by architectLouis Kahn in 1959 to replace the previous church designed in 1859 by architect Richard Upjohn, founder of the American Institute of Architects or AIA. Nickname: The Flour City, The Flower City, The Worlds Image Center Motto: Rochester: Made for Living Official website: www. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Louis Isadore Kahn (February 20, 1901 – March 17, 1974) practised as an architect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and taught architecture there and at Yale University. ... Richard Upjohn (1802 - 1878) was a U.S. (English-born) architect. ... The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is the professional organization for architects in the United States. ... Aia is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain. ...
Kahn's idea of the building was one that represented the ideas of the First Unitarian Church, with several concentric circles surrounding a central question. Like a member of the church may unwrap layers of a question, the building's layers surround the sanctuary. The First Unitarian Church in Rochester, New York was designed by architect Louis Kahn in 1959 to replace the previous church designed in 1859 by architect Richard Upjohn, founder of the American Institute of Architects or AIA. Kahns idea of the building was one that represented the ideas of...
Interior of Sanctuary
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Kahn's First Unitarian Church on Greatbuildings.com
Early church records show that a subscription was taken in November 1830 "for the purpose of erecting and completing a temporary house of worship." Having raised the equivalent of $180, the decision was made to purchase the existing Episcopalian church of St. Lukes, and move it to Buffalo (West Main) Street.
In Rochester, the Gannetts and the church congregation were actively involved in social questions such as school reform, prostitution and gambling, temperance, women's rights, admission of women to the University of Rochester, and conditions of labor.
Among the notable events of Williams' tenure was the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Church, in 1929, the proclamation of Mary Thorn Lewis Gannett as honorary minister in 1939 and the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the Church founding in 1954.
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