Church of the Epiphany (Roman Catholic, Manhattan)
Coordinates: 40°44′14″N 73°58′55″W / 40.737099°N 73.981926°W
| The Church of the Epiphany | |
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(2010) | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Manhattan, New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Construction started |
Church: 1965 Rectory: 1936[1] |
| Cost |
Church: $1,200,000 (1965) Rectory: $50,000 (1936)[1] |
| Client | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
Church: Belfatto & Pavarini Rectory: Robert J. Reiley[1] |
| Website | |
| Church of the Epiphany, Manhattan | |
The Church of the Epiphany is a Roman Catholic parish church of the Archidiocese of New York, located at 373 Second Avenue at the corner of East 22nd Street in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
History
The parish was established in 1868,[2] and their first church, designed by Napoleon LeBrun and built in 1869–70,[3] was dedicated on April 3, 1870.[4] This church burnt down in December 1963.[3]
The current church was designed by Belfatto & Pavarini and built in 1965–67 for $1,200,000,[1] ($8,500,000 in current dollar terms) on the same lot as the previous church. The AIA Guide to New York City called the church "The most positive modernist religious statement on Manhattan Island to date."[5]
A four-story brick rectory had been built at 239 East 21st Street in 1936, designed by Robert J. Reiley.[1]
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900–1986," (Accessed Dec 25, 2010).
- ↑ Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.325.
- 1 2 Dunlap, David W. (2004) From Abyssinian to Zion. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12543-7, p.65
- ↑ "A New Catholic Church" New York Times (April 4, 1870)
- ↑ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., p. 211
