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The church is located next to the James Watson House, a New York City landmark [9] which is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1793 and extended in 1806, [ 9 ] the eastern portion is the work of an unknown architect, and the western half is attributed to John McComb, Jr. [ 1 ] In 1975, the house became the Rectory ...
The Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh, inaugurated on June 8, 1977, and the Hindu Temple Society of North America in New York, consecrated on July 4, 1977, became the first Hindu temples in the U.S. built by Indian immigrants. In the 1980s and 1990s, temples were built in nearly all major metropolitan areas.
Mahayana Temple (Chinese: 大乘寺; pinyin: Dàchèng Sì; Jyutping: Da4sing4 Zi6) is a Chinese Buddhist temple organization headquartered within a forest in South Cairo, New York. It is the retreat of the Eastern States Buddhist Temple of America, Inc. ("ESBT"), whose downtown branch of the Mahayana Temple (aka Mahayana City Campus) is ...
In the nineteenth century, research on the part of Catholic historian John Gilmary Shea and Gen. J. S. Clarke of Auburn, who had studied Indian sites both in New York and Huron territory, led to their believing they had identified the former site of Ossersnenon, where Father Jogues and his companions died. Rev. Joseph Loyzance, S.J., a parish ...
The Holy See complex consists of the central Great Divine Temple, the main administrative offices, residences for high officials and adepts working on the grounds, and other major facilities. [10] The building is oriented east to west, with its rear area facing east and its two-towered façade facing west. [3]
Manhattan New York Temple: New York: United States North America 0.3 acres (1,214 m 2) 20,630 sq ft (1,917 m 2) 120 ft (37 m) 1 2 2 120 Operating San Antonio Texas Temple: Texas: United States North America 5.5 acres (22,258 m 2) 16,800 sq ft (1,561 m 2) 115 ft (35 m) 1 2 2 121 Operating Aba Nigeria Temple: Abia: Nigeria Africa
The Diocese of New York was made an archdiocese by Pope Pius IX on July 19, 1850. [21] Bishop John Joseph Hughes was raised to the level of archbishop soon afterward. [11] [21] As early as 1850, Hughes determined that the growing Archdiocese of New York needed a large cathedral to replace the older cathedral in Lower Manhattan.
The Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church is a parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York located at 207 West 96th Street at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1900 and was designed by Thomas H. Poole in the Gothic Revival style.