St. Paul Church
113 East 117th Street | East Harlem | built 1900
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- 1835
St. Paul's lays its cornerstone as New York's sixth Catholic parish
Bishop John Dubois sets up a parish on East 117th Street and asks Rev. Michael Curran, a missionary who speaks Gaelic, to lead it. Until then, priests had said Mass in houses and barns for scattered communities in the outlying areas. The cornerstone of St. Paul's church is laid on June 29, 1835.
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- 1871
Archbishop McCloskey rededicates the enlarged St. Paul's
During the pastorate of Fr. Eugene Maguire, which begins in 1866, the church is substantially enlarged, and Archbishop John McCloskey rededicates it on July 9, 1871. Maguire also founds the parish school in 1870, under the Sisters of Charity. In 1905 his successor, Fr. John McQuirk, has the old school demolished and replaced on the same site.
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- 1908
Neville & Bagge's Romanesque Revival church replaces the old one
Architects Neville & Bagge complete the new church in 1908 in the Romanesque Revival style, using brick over a steel frame and a limestone facade. While it is under construction, services are held in the school auditorium. A new rectory is built as well.
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- 2016
The city designates St. Paul's Church a landmark
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates St. Paul's a New York City landmark on June 28, 2016. The area's population, once predominantly Irish, has gradually shifted toward Spanish-speaking Catholics, and Msgr. Cornelius Drew started a Spanish program. The Institute of the Incarnate Word Fathers has staffed the parish since 1998, and Holy Rosary parish merged into St. Paul's in 2015.
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- St. Paul Church (New York City)Wikipedia
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