St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus Church

1902 Mayflower Avenue | also 2855 St Theresa Avenue, 1912 Mayflower Avenue | Pelham Bay | built 1968

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

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1930
Bronx architect Anthony J. DePace builds the parish's first church
The parish of St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus was founded in 1927, with Monsignor Bonaventure J. Filitti as its first priest, serving until 1946. Its first church, an earlier building than the one standing now, went up in 1930 to plans by Anthony J. DePace, a Bronx resident whose many commissions for Catholic clients spread across the Northeast.
“The plans for the first church for this congregation was drawn up and built 1930 by architect Anthony J. DePace…”
Source: Wikipedia
1970
After fire destroys the old church, DePace rebuilds it in a modern style
Around 1970 a fire destroyed St. Theresa's first church. Anthony J. DePace, the same architect who had designed the original four decades earlier, rebuilt it, this time in a modern style. Fr. Mario J. Ponsiglione, the parish's priest from 1946 to 1974, led it through this period.
“When the church was destroyed by fire around 1970 it was rebuilt in a modern style by DePace.”
Source: Wikipedia

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