Vanderbilt Portal | Jean Parker Phifer

Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 11 a.m.

Jean Parker Phifer describes the Portals at St Bartholomew's Church, New York. This Byzantine-style church incorporates a 1903 French Romanesque portal from its previous Madison Ave. location. Designed by Stanford White and funded as a memorial for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the portal features Renaissance-inspired sculpture and ornate brass doors.  There are stained glass windows by Hildreth Meire and the city's largest pipe organ.  The community house was constructed later by Goodhue's firm after he had died.