St. Dominic's Church

1739 Unionport Road | also 1749 Unionport Road | Van Nest | built 1964

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1925
Bronx-born architect Anthony J. DePace designs St. Dominic's in the Romanesque Revival style
Construction of the Romanesque Revival church on Unionport Road in Van Nest began in 1925, to designs by Bronx-born architect Anthony J. DePace of the firm DePace & Juster. The Roman Catholic parish of St. Dominic, under the Archdiocese of New York, was established in 1927.
“The Romanesque Revival was built 1925 to the designs of Bronx-native architect Anthony J. DePace of the firm DePace & Juster.”
Source: Wikipedia
2007
St. Dominic's merges with Our Lady of Solace to form one parish with two churches
In 2007 the administration of St. Dominic's was combined with that of Our Lady of Solace Church, also in the Bronx. The result was a single parish operating two church buildings. The parish's former convent was later renovated to serve as its Faith Formation Center.
Source: Wikipedia
2011
May
Two of the church's three bells come down so their waterlogged wooden supports can be repaired
In May 2011 workers removed two of St. Dominic's three bells because the wooden supports holding them had become waterlogged and were letting water seep in. The plan was to replace the supports and put the bells back in their original place, at an estimated restoration cost of $30,000.
“In May 2011, two of the three bells were removed in order to service the wooden supports which were waterlogged and had seepage problems.”
Source: Wikipedia

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