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The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus was organized in 1868 in the area then known as Bloomingdale. [3] A wood-frame church was erected on the northwest corner of Bloomingdale Road (now called Broadway) and 97th Street. [4] The church was thirty-five by eighty feet, with a capacity of 500; it cost about $3,000 to build.
The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic parish church, located in Hell's Kitchen/Clinton, Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1876, it is a parish of the Archdiocese of New York and is located at 457 West 51st Street. Sacred Heart of Jesus School is located at 456 West 52nd Street.
The church was designed by William Schickel & Company, who provided an Italian Franciscan style structure. The marble main and side altars are by Borgia Marble Works of New York. The interior is decorated in Neapolitan Baroque style. Donatus Buongiorno created thirty oil painting murals for the walls and ceiling. The building was renovated in ...
The parish has a four-storey brick and stone parochial school built by P. J. Brennan & Son, builders, in 1911 to designs by architect F. A. de Meuron of 31 East 27th Street for $120,000. [2] A five-storey brick dwelling house was erected at 218 West 108th Street in 1927 to the designs by architect Robert J. Reilly of 12 E 41st Street for ...
Constructed in Rome in 1568 the Church of the Gesù, formally called Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù all'Argentina (i.e., the "Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus at the 'Argentina ' ") [24] is the Mother Church of the order. A number of religious communities dedicated to the Holy Name Jesus have been formed since the Middle Ages. [25]
[1] [2] It was the first church built in New York City that was designed to accommodate air conditioning; the cooling equipment is hidden in the tower. [22] The main floor of the church has a seating capacity of 562 while the lower level functions as a sanctuary or social hall with a capacity of 600.
St. Bernard's Church was built from 1873 to 1875 to the designs of Patrick C. Keely and was the first church consecrated by an American Cardinal, Archbishop of New York John McCloskey. [1] Once considered one of the most important parishes in the city, the congregation at the time of erection consisted of mostly Irish immigrants and their ...
Our Lady of Pompeii Church, or more formally, the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Pompeii, [1] is a Catholic parish church located in the South Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, in the United States. The church is staffed by Scalabrini Fathers, while the Our Lady of Pompeii School is staffed by Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.