Church of the Guardian Angel

193 10th Avenue | also 191 10th Avenue | Chelsea | built 1930

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

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1911
The parish opens a school run by lay staff and Dominican Sisters
A parochial school opened in 1911 and has been run by lay staff and the Dominican Sisters of Newburgh. A 1914 report listed 132 boys and 130 girls enrolled, with five Sisters of St. Dominic teaching there.
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1930
The High Line forces the parish to rebuild on Tenth Avenue
Construction of the New York Central Railroad's elevated High Line freight line in the 1930s required removing the parish's 1910 church on West 23rd Street. John V. Van Pelt designed the replacement at 193 Tenth Avenue in the Southern Sicilian Romanesque style, in brick and limestone, and it was built in 1930. The railroad reportedly paid for the demolition and the move.
Source: Wikipedia
1939
Francis X. Quinn serves as assistant pastor and earns a Congressional Gold Medal
Rev. Francis X. Quinn was assistant pastor of Guardian Angel in 1939 and 1940. He was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for bravery.
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2023
February 15
The Archdiocese announces that Guardian Angel School will close
On February 15, 2023, the Archdiocese of New York announced that the school would close at the end of the school year. Founded in 1911, it had moved to its present site at 193 Tenth Avenue in 1930, alongside the church.
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