- St. Emeric's Church (New York City)
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St. Emeric's Church General information Architectural style Modernist brick box Location New York City, United States Construction started 1949, 1952[1] Completed 1950[2] Technical details Structural system Brick masonry Design and construction Client Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Architect Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith of 101 Park Ave.[1] Church of St. Emeric is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Avenue D, between 12th Street and 13th Street, Manhattan, New York City. The address is 740 East 13th Street.
History
The parish was established in 1949.[2] The Rev. V. J. Brosman had a brick church built in 1949 to designs by Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith of 101 Park Ave. for $300,000. The cornerstone was laid in 1950.[2] The church is presently covered in ivy.[2] A two-storey school building was erected in 1952 to designs by the same architects for $240,000.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986" (Accessed 25 December 2010).
- ^ a b c d David W. Dunlap, From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.) p. 202.
Categories:- Religious buildings completed in 1950
- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
- Buildings and structures completed in 1952
- Religious organizations established in 1949
- Roman Catholic churches in New York
- Churches in Manhattan
- Modernist architecture in New York
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- United States church stubs
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