was a master of the Gothic Revival style, and the resulting church is considered to be his masterpiece. Goodhue incorporated elements from other styles into the building, such as the narrow and tall entrances which evoke the English Perpendicular style, while the Decorated Period can be seen in the tracery of the pointed windows, and the tower suggests the Tudor style. The church was built by Edward A. Wehr of Pittsburgh, who considered this his finest piece of work. The congregation again became an independent parish in 1976. Notable facts David Hurd composed the Intercession Mass during his tenure as church organist. This mass setting is used in many Episcopal congregations. The church is known for its annual Clement Clarke Moore Festival, the oldest continuing Christmas tradition in New York. It takes place on the Sunday before Christmas at 4pm. In 2010 celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of the tradition. At the center of the service is the reading of Moore's narrative poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas". Moore, among others of the New York social elite of the time, are buried in the adjoining Trinity Church Cemetery. Also in the cemetery is an imposing monument to John James Audubon. John Jacob Astor is also buried here, as is Alfred Tennyson Dickens, the son of Charles Dickens. A monument to the architect, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, sculpted by his friend Lee Lawrie in 1929, contains his tomb. In popular culture The basement of the church was used in the 2012 TV series 666 Park Avenue as The Drake's "secret room." In the season 1, episode 4 New Amsterdam episode of AMC drama Mad Men, Trudy Campbell divulges to a member of the co-op board that Pete's great-great grandfather Nicholas Dyckman is buried at Church of the Intercession. In the 2021 Steven Spielberg film West Side Story, Maria (Rachel Zegler) and Tony (Ansel Elgort) sing "One Hand, One Heart" in a scene filmed at Church of the Intercession, although the implied location is The Cloisters. See also List of New York City Landmarks National Register of Historic Places listings in New York County, New York References Notes External links Official website Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Gothic Revival church buildings in New York City Bertram Goodhue church buildings Churches completed in 1842 19th-century Episcopal church buildings Churches in Manhattan Intercession Washington Heights, Manhattan Broadway (Manhattan)