Immaculate Conception Church (Manhattan)

The Church of the Immaculate Conception
General information
Town or city New York, New York
Country United States of America
Completed 1858[1]
Cost $700,000 (for 1945 convent and school)[2]
Design and construction
Client Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Architect Eggers & Higgins of 542 Fifth Avenue (for 1945 convent and school)[2]

The Church of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 505 East 14th Street, near First Avenue, Manhattan, New York City.[3]

History

The parish was established in 1855.[4] A four-storey brick convent and parochial school at 415-419 East 13th Street and 414-416 East 14th Street was built in 1945 to designs by the eminent architectural firm of Eggers & Higgins of 542 Fifth Avenue for $700,000[2] There is another church of the same name on Staten Island established 1887.[5] And another one in Ditmars, Astoria, Queens.[6]

References

  1. ^ http://www.immaculateconception-nyc.org/history.pdf
  2. ^ a b c Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).
  3. ^ The World Almanac 1892 and Book of Facts (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p.390.
  4. ^ 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.336.
  5. ^ 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.395.
  6. ^ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010) (in English). AIA Guide to New York City. American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (Fifth ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 755. ISBN 97801953867.