Church of Our Lady of Peace
Coordinates: 40°45′46″N 73°57′49″W / 40.762908°N 73.963536°W
Church of Our Lady of Peace | |
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(2013) | |
General information | |
Architectural style | Victorian Gothic[1] |
Town or city | Manhattan, New York City |
Country | United States of America |
Construction started | 1886 |
Cost | $200,000[1] |
Client | Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York[1] |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Samuel A. Warner |
The Church of Our Lady of Peace is a historic Roman Catholic parish church of the Archdiocese of New York, located at 239-241 East 62nd Street[2] between Second and Third Avenues in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1886-87 at the cost of $200,000,[1] and was designed by Samuel A. Warner in the Victorian Gothic style[3][4] for the Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York. It served as the sanctuary for the Church of the Redeemer, a German-speaking congregation, then subsequently became the Bethlehem Lutheran Church[4] before finally becoming the home of the newly formed Italian Madonna della Pace parish in 1918.[3][4]
The church, which has been called a "gem",[4] is located in the Treadwell Farm Historic District, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967.[1]
In November 2014, the Archdiocese announced that the Church of Our Lady of Peace was one of 31 neighborhood parishes which would be merged into other parishes.[5] Our Lady of Peace was to be merged into the Church of St. John the Evangelist at 348 East 55th Street.[6]
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Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission "Treadwell Fram Historic District Designation Report" (December 13, 1967)
- ↑ The parish office is located at 237 East 62nd Street
- 1 2 Our Lady of Peace NYC American Guild of Organists webpage
- 1 2 3 4 Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12543-7., p.165
- ↑ Otterman, Sharon. "Tears and Heartache for New York’s Catholics as Cardinal Shuts Churches" New York Times (November 2, 2014)
- ↑ "List of Merging Churches and Those That Will Cease Regular Services" New York Times (November 2, 2014)