- St. Cecilia's Church and Convent (New York City)
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St. Cecilia's Church and Convent
Photographed in 2009
Location: 112-120 E. 106th St., New York, New York Coordinates: 40°47′32″N 73°56′50″W / 40.79222°N 73.94722°WCoordinates: 40°47′32″N 73°56′50″W / 40.79222°N 73.94722°W Built: 1883-1887 (for church)[1][2]; 1927 (for dwelling)[3] Architect: Napoleon LeBrun & Sons (for church); Neville & Basse; Thomas J. Duff of 348 West 14th Street (for 1927 dwelling)[3] Architectural style: Romanesque Revival Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 84002796 Added to NRHP: February 2, 1984[4] St. Cecilia's Church and Convent General information Architectural style Romanesque Revival Town or city New York City Country United States of America Construction started 1883[3] Completed 1883(for church)[4] / 1887 (for church)[1];
1907 (for the unified facade of the Reginal Angelorum)[1]
1927 (for dwelling house)[3]Cost $60,000 (for 1927 dwelling house)[3] Technical details Structural system Brick masonry Design and construction Client Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Architect Napoleon LeBrun & Sons (for 1883-1887 church)[4][2]; Neville & Basse[4] or Neville & Bagge (for the 1907 unified facade of the Reginal Angelorum)[1][2]
Thomas J. Duff of 348 West 14th Street (for 1927 dwelling house)[3]St. Cecilia's Church and Convent is a Roman Catholic parish church and convent in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and a historic site in Manhattan, located at East 106th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1873.[5] It has been staffed by the Redemptorist Fathers since 1939. The church was designated a New York City landmark in 1976.[2] The church and convent was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[4]
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The parish was established in 1883.[2] The church was built 1883 to designs by Napoleon LeBrun & Sons.[6] The AIA Guide to New York City (2010) describes the church as an "ornate brick and terra-cotta facade is one of East Harlem's special treasures. Neo-Italian Romanesque, it has an exuberance that evaded most of Northern Europe." The church was built 1883-1887 to the designs of Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, the Regina Angelorum (unified facade) was built 1907 to the designs of Neville & Bagge[1] In 1927, the church built a four-storey brick dwelling house at 123-25 East 105th Street to designs by Thomas J. Duff of 348 West 14th Street for $60,000.[3]
It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[4]
Location question
Although the Register's database claims that its address is 112-120 East 160th St.,[4] it is actually located along the south side of 106th Street between Lexington and Park Aves.[7] The AIA Guide to New York City (2010) gives the address as 122-120 East 106th Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues.[1] The Guide to NYC Landmarks (2007) claims the address as 112-120 East 106th Street.[2] Directories from the late nineteenth century gave the address as East 106th Street, near Lexington Avenue.[8]
See also
- Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church (Brooklyn, New York)
External links
References
- ^ a b c d e f Norval White, Elliot Willensky, with Fran Leadon (in English), AIA Guide to New York City, (Fifth ed.). American Insitute of Architects New York Chapter (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010) p.549. ISBN 9780195383867.
- ^ a b c d e f Dolkart, Andrew S; Postal, Matthew A. (2004) (in English). Guide to New York City Landmarks. New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (Author of Forward) (Third ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. p. 188.
- ^ a b c d e f g Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).
- ^ a b c d e f g "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Historic Preservation Field Services Bureau (August 18, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Saint Cecilia's Church and Convent". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=4839. Retrieved 2009-03-04. and Accompanying four photos, exterior and interior, from 1980
- ^ St. Cecilia's Parish Home Page, St. Cecilia's Church, 2004. Accessed 2009-03-04.
- ^ The World Almanac 1892 and Book of Facts (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p.390.
Categories:- Religious buildings completed in 1887
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
- Religious buildings completed in 1927
- Religious organizations established in 1873
- Roman Catholic churches in New York
- Churches in Manhattan
- Napoleon LeBrun buildings
- Redemptorist churches
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