St. Peter's Church (Staten Island, New York)

The Church of St. Peter
General information
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival Italianate
Town or city	New Brighton, Staten Island, New York City, New York
Country	United States
Construction started	1905
Completed	1919
Design and construction
Client	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Architect	Harding and Gooch (for church) George H. Streeton (for rectory)

The Church of St. Peter is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Staten Island, New York City in the neighborhood of New Brighton. The parish was established in 1839.^[1] St. Peter's is the oldest of the 36 Roman Catholic parishes on Staten Island, having been established in 1839, before the second-oldest St. Mary's (1852), and the third-oldest St. Joseph's (1855).^[2]

Buildings

The church was built between 1905 and 1919 by the firm of Harding & Gooch. The rectory was built to design of George H. Streeton.

Parish schools

Two parochial schools exist in the parish: St. Peter's Boys High School and St. Peter's High School for Girls.

References

1. ^ 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.397.
2. ^ "St. Joseph's Church in Rossville Celebrates it's 150th Anniversary", Catholic New York, July 2, 1998 (Retrieved 11 May 2011)

Coordinates: 40°38′50″N 74°5′5″W / 40.64722°N 74.08472°W / 40.64722; -74.08472