- Church of Our Lady of the Scapular-St. Stephen
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Coordinates: 40°44′33″N 73°58′52.7″W / 40.7425°N 73.981306°W
The Church of Our Lady of the Scapular-St. Stephen 
(2011)General information Architectural style Romanesque Revival Town or city Manhattan, New York City Country U.S. Construction started school: c.1897 Completed sanctuary: 1854
extension: 1865
school: c.1902
renovation: 1949
rectory: 1954Design and construction Client Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Architect sanctuary:
James Renwick Jr.
extension:
Patrick Charles Keely
school:
Elliott Lynch
rectory:
Knappe & JohnsonThe Church of Our Lady of the Scapular-St. Stephen is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 149 East 28th Street[1] between Third and Lexington Avenues in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was established in the 1980s when the parish of the Church of Our Lady of the Scapular of Mount Carmel was merged into the parish of the Church of St. Stephen the Martyr.[2] In January 2007, it was announced by the Archdiocese of New York that the Church of the Sacred Hearts of Mary and Jesus, located at 307 East 33rd Street, was to be merged into Our Lady of the Scapular-St. Stephen.[3]
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Parish history
The parish of St. Stephen the Martyr was formed in 1848 and was originally located on Madison Avenue. Their current sanctuary was built in 1854 and was designed by noted architect James Renwick, Jr.,[2] who also designed St. Patrick's Cathedral and Grace Church. The building was extended north to 142 East 29th Street in 1865 by architect Patrick Charles Keely.[4]
The 29th Street facade is fully developed.[2] The sanctuary underwent restoration in 1949. The connected Epiphany School building on 28th Street was built c.1902, designed by Elliot Lynch,[4] and a rectory was built on the 29th Street side in 1956, designed by the firm of Knappe & Johnson.[5]
Epiphany School
The St. Stephen Parish School on 28th Street was built from 1897 to around 1902 to the designs of Elliot Lynch.[6][7][4] It is now the St. Stephen's campus of the Epiphany School, one of their two facilities, the other being on East 20th Street near the Epiphany Church.[8]
References
- Notes
- ^ The World Almanac 1892 and Book of Facts (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p.390.
- ^ a b c Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-231-12543-7, p.168
- ^ "Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen (Roman Catholic)" on the New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists website
- ^ a b c White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0812931076., p.214
- ^ "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986" on the Office for Metropolitan History website. (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).
- ^ Architectural League of New York Year book of the Architectural League of New York, and catalogue. Vol 12 (New York, 1897), p.115.
- ^ “St. Stephen’s Parish School, New York, NY” The American Architect and Building News Vol. 84 (Boston: S.J. Parkhill & Co., Printers, 1904), p.20
- ^ Epiphany School website
External links
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- Patrick Keely buildings
- Romanesque Revival architecture in New York
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