St. Catherine of Genoa's Church (New York City)

St. Catherine of Genoa's Church (New York City)
St. Catherine of Genoa Church
General information
Architectural style Eclectic Gothic
Town or city Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Country United States of America
Construction started 1889 (for church)[1];
Completed 1890 (for church)[1];
1937 (for school)[2]
Cost $45,000 (for 1937 school)[2]
Technical details
Structural system Masonry brick
Design and construction
Client Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Architect Thomas H. Poole (for 1890 church);[1]
Jules Lewis of 110 West 40 Street (for 1937 school)[2]

The Church of St. Catherine of Genoa is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 506 West 153rd Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, New York City.[3]

Parish

The parish was established in 1887[4] as one of seven churches clustered around Trinity Church Cemetery.[1]

Rev. Charles M. Woods was assigned here (presumably as assistant) in 1904.[5] The parish school was closed in 2006.

Buildings

The church was constructed between 1889 and 1890 to the designs by Thomas H. Poole.[1] The design was Eclectic Gothic, particularly marked by its wide-crowstepped gable and ogee-headed openings, very similar to Poole's more-compact Our Lady of Good Counsel (1892), and a predecessor to Poole's grander-scaled St. Thomas the Apostle, in Harlem, which is also now closed. The Rev. John J. Brady had a four-story brick schoolhouse at 508-510 West 153rd Street, built 1937 to designs by Jules Lewis of 110 West 40 Street for $45,000.[2] The church is located directly behind the much grander St. Luke's African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was built and dedicated as the Washington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church in 1869.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e David W. Dunlap, From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship (New York City: Columbia University Press, 2004), p.197
  2. ^ a b c d Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).
  3. ^ The World Almanac 1892 and Book of Facts (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p.390.
  4. ^ Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.321.
  5. ^ "Changes in Catholic Clergy: Archbishop Farley Announces a Number of Assignments and Transfers", New York Times, Jun 11, 1904. Retrieved 21 July 2011, Excerpt: "Martin J. Burke. from St. Joseph's to the Church of the Nativity, city; the Roy. Anthony J. Morgan, from the Church of the Guardian Angels to the Mission of ..."
  6. ^ David W. Dunlap, From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship (New York City: Columbia University Press, 2004), p.222



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