- St. Nicholas' Church (New York City)
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The Church of St. Nicholas General information Architectural style Gothic Revival (for rectory)[1] Town or city Manhattan, New York Country United States Completed 1867 (for rectory)[1] Demolished c.1960 (for church) Design and construction Client Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York The Church of St. Nicholas is a former Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 125 East 2nd Street in Manhattan, New York City.[2]
Parish history
The parish was established in 1833 and closed in 1960, at which time the church building was demolished. A special feature of the New York Times in 1901, mentioned the church among other Catholic structures in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, describing the group "for the most part...limit[ing] themseves to the functions of a parish church, in districts where social needs are otherwise supplied." Without comment on other facilities attached.[3]
Buildings
The former St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church rectory, located at 135 East Second Street, between Avenue A and First Avenue, was built 1867. According to the AIA Guide to NYC (Fifth Ed, 2010), the building is "an essay in the late Gothic Revival mannerism, with swell stone trim around the tiers of pointer arch windows. Note the silhouette of the demolished church on the old rectory's wall: palimpsest."[1]
References
- ^ a b c White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City. American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (Fifth ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 202. ISBN 97801953867.
- ^ The World Almanac 1892 and Book of Facts (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p.390.
- ^ "Centres of Civilization; On the Lower East Side of New York", New York Times, Jul 21, 1901. Excerpt: “Everybody who read it must have been struck by a remark of Mr. Hewitt's, made not very long ago, touching the tenement house district, which was considerably commented on in the press. The remark was that it was not only the part of humanity and charity for the more favored to assist the less favored, but that in this particular case, it was not less the part of prudence…..St. Nicholas in Second Street, St. Rose of Lima in Cannon Street, and St. Teresa in Henry Street. There is also a remarkable church, remarkable for the ...””
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