891 Home Ave
1909, Thompson & Frohling

Located in the Morrisania neighborhood, this small one-story brick structure was originally built for the Ebenezer Baptist The congregation purchased the land from Charlotte S. Church. Trowbridge, and hired the Manhattan-based architectural firm Thompson & Frohling to design this two-tone Gothic style building. Frohling was a Swedish-born architect who resided in the area, and would later become known for his design of Charleston, South Carolina's first "skyscraper", the People's Building. The church features a semicircular apse at the corner of Home Street and Intervale Avenue, where the altar is located and is highlighted by a polygonal belltower. Both facades are identical, with three pointed-arch windows and a hipped roof with dormer windows. From the mid-1920s to the mid-1940s, the building hosted the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and the Immanuel Spanish Church. It was later used as a synagogue, by 1955 it was handed over to its current owner, the Mother Walls A.M.E. Zion Church. Directly across the street, at 1213 Intervale Ave, stands FDNY Engine 82/Ladder 31. The building was prominently featured in Dennis Smith's 1972 book about firefighting in the South Bronx Report from Engine Co. 82.