Church of the Holy Innocents (Brooklyn, New York)

Church of the Holy Innocents (Brooklyn, New York)
Church of the Holy Innocents
Church of the Holy Innocents (Brooklyn, New York) is located in New York City
Location: 279 E. 17th St., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates: 40°38′39″N 73°57′46″W / 40.64417°N 73.96278°W / 40.64417; -73.96278Coordinates: 40°38′39″N 73°57′46″W / 40.64417°N 73.96278°W / 40.64417; -73.96278
Area: 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built: 1914
Architect: Helmle and Corbett
Architectural style: Late Gothic Revival
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 05000617[1]
Added to NRHP: June 16, 2005

Church of the Holy Innocents is a historic Roman Catholic church at 279 E. 17th St. in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The church was built in 1923 in the Late Gothic Revival style. It is built of granite with limestone trim. It concists of a tall, clerestoried nave with gable roof, lower flat-roofed side aisles, transepts, chancel, and a tall bell tower. Attached to the church is a rectory (1923) and school (1914).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1][3]

Music

The organ at Holy Innocents Church was built in 1922 by the Ernest M. Skinner Organ Company of Boston, Massachusetts as their Opus 390 3 manuals, 33 stops, 32 ranks. The instrument was rebuilt in 2005 by the Peragallo Pipe Organ Company of Patterson, NJ.[4]

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