- Church of the Holy Innocents (Brooklyn, New York)
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Church of the Holy Innocents
Location: 279 E. 17th St., Brooklyn, New York Coordinates: 40°38′39″N 73°57′46″W / 40.64417°N 73.96278°WCoordinates: 40°38′39″N 73°57′46″W / 40.64417°N 73.96278°W 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]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Kathleen A. Howe (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Christ Evangelical English Lutheran Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=101057. Retrieved 2011-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 21 photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=101059.
- ^ The New York Landmarks Conservancy, "Sacred Sites: Historic Catholic Churches in Crisis" (Retrieved 5 May 2011).
- ^ NYC American Guild of Organists website
Categories:- Roman Catholic churches in New York
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
- Gothic Revival architecture in New York
- Religious buildings completed in 1846
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
- Churches in Brooklyn
- Kings County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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