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The NCC also operates a public-policy office at 110 Maryland Avenue, N.E., opposite the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. A dozen other denominational and ecumenical bodies also have offices in the same facility, which is owned by the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society. Next page: Research and Publishing Contributions |
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The Council's headquarters are located in The Interchurch Center, a 19-story building at 475 Riverside Drive in New York City, built in the 1950s with a generous contribution from John D. Rockefeller to promote and facilitate cooperation among America's churches. President Dwight D. Eisenhower laid the cornerstone in 1958 before a crowd of 30,000 who had gathered to dedicate the building. Many Christian denominations and ecumenical ministries, as well as a growing number of non-Christian faith groups, have offices in the Center. Its location adjacent to The Riverside Church on Manhattan's Upper West Side puts it within a few blocks' walk of three theological seminaries, the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and the campus of Columbia University.