St. Joachim's Church (New York City)

The Church of St. Joachim
General information
Architectural style	Victorian Italianate Romanesque Revival
Town or city	Manhattan, New York
Country	United States of America
Completed	1888[1]
Design and construction
Client	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Church of St. Joachim is a former Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 26 Roosevelt Street in Manhattan, New York City.

The parish was established in 1888 by the Missionary Fathers of St. Charles Borromeo.^[2] "It was the first church in the United States founded for Italians." The total debt of the property was $158,000. Because of the increased parish numbers, the Rev. Vincent Jannuzzi, D.D., C.S.C.B., founded St. Rocco's Chapel at 18 Catherine Slip as a mission chapel, which was attended by St. Joachim's Church as well as the Madonna Day Nursery in Cherry Street, which opened in 1910 and was staffed by the Sisters of Christian Doctrine. The 1913-1914 parish statistics boaded 1,000 baptisms, 250 marriages, and 400 confirmations.^[2] The parish had a brief connection with Mother Cabrini.^[3]

Building

The midblock gabled brick Victorian Italianate church with Romanesque details "in the Roman style" was designed with a seating capacity of 800.^[2] In 1914, the parish consisted of 18,000 Italian immigrants and first generation Italian-Americans.^[2] The church owned three buildings then, of which one it had plans to turn into a parochial school.^[2] The Romanesque church tower, built 1888, at 22 Roosevelt Street "was a harbinger for Judson Memorial Church."^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} David W. Dunlap, From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.) p. 213.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} 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.337-338.
3. ^ "At the end of August, 1892, Mother Cabrini had to remove her Missionaries from the school.33 The formal severance came in a letter of September 5, 1892: The Gentlemen Trustees of the Church of Saint Joachim in Roosevelt Street having ..." See Mary Louise Sullivan, "Mother Cabrini: Italian Immigrant of the Century," (1992), p.94