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John Copcutt Mansion, also known as Saint Casimir's Rectory, is a historic home located at Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1854 and is cruciform in plan, two and one half stories high in an elaborate Italianate style. It is five bays wide, divided into three sections by a central, projecting three story tower.
In 1808, Pope Pius VII erected the Diocese of New York, taking all of New York State from the Diocese of Baltimore. [5] In Auburn, the first mass for non-native Catholics was held in a private residence in 1816. [6] The first church in the future City of Rochester was St. Patrick's, built in 1823. [7]
Our Lady of Częstochowa-St Casimir Parish is a church in New York City at 24th Street in Brooklyn. The church, which was designated for Polish immigrants, was founded in 1896. It could also be spelled Częnstochowa, due to the tail on the third letter. The original church building was a wood-frame structure, which was destroyed by a fire in 1904.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Yonkers, New York.The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
Saint Bernard's Seminary is a historic former Catholic seminary complex located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York.The educational institution formerly inhabiting the complex changed its name to St. Bernard's Institute and moved to the campus of Colgate Rochester Divinity School in 1981 and was renamed again to St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry when it moved to a new campus on ...
Długosz and Saint Casimir by Florian Cynk (circa 1869) Prince Casimir's uncle Ladislaus the Posthumous, King of Hungary and Bohemia, died in 1457 at the age of 17, without leaving an heir. Casimir's father, King Casimir IV, subsequently advanced his claims to Hungary and Bohemia, but could not enforce them due to the Thirteen Years' War (1454 ...
Each Sunday, a group of Poles gathers outside the closed St. Casimir Church on the northeastern side of the city, praying and singing the Polish national anthem." [27] St. Casimir being the first locally to pray in street exile, and the most exuberant, so much so that some of the services becoming a rally for all the parishes. [51]
The church is the spiritual home of Rochester's Polish American community. This Catholic church was dedicated in 1909 and replaced a smaller wooden church. The St. Stanislaus grammar school operated from 1897 until 1992. The exterior features a Romanesque Revival architecture style including arched openings, and columns.