St. Ann's Church (Bronx, New York)

Not to be confused with St. Ann's Church Complex (Bronx, New York).

The Church of St. Ann
General information
Architectural style	Collegiate Gothic with Decorated Gothic and Tudor Gothic
Town or city	The Bronx, New York City
Country	United States
Technical details
Structural system	Steel structure faced in red brick with terracotta trim over fieldstone raised basement
Design and construction
Client	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Church of St. Ann is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Bainbridge Avenue just north of Gun Hill Road in the Bronx, New York City. The parish was established in 1927.^[1]

Buildings

The church and parish school are located in the same building, a common school-above-church design feature of several New York City parishes,^[1] such as St. Gregory the Great, Manhattan. It is a red brick multi-story Collegiate Gothic structure with Decorated Gothic and Tudor Gothic design elements with terracotta trim over a raised fieldstone basement and entrance breakfront. The church is located at the building's piano nobile, above the raised basement and accessed by a perron or external stairs through an ornate Tudor-arched entrance. The school is located on the floors above the church.^[1]

School

The school may have around 280 students and was staffed for years by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, New York.^[1]

External links

• Bronx Catholic Blog

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} See Thomas J. Shelley, The Archdiocese of New York: the Bicentennial History, (New York: Archdiocese of New York, 2007), p.478; St Ann, Bainbridge Avenue, Gun Hill (Accessed 7 February 2011)

Coordinates: 40°52′54.6″N 73°52′42.4″W / 40.881833°N 73.878444°W / 40.881833; -73.878444