Church of the Holy Name of Jesus

207 West 96th Street | Upper West Side | built 1900

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1900
April 1
The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus is dedicated on West 96th Street
Architect Thomas H. Poole designs an English Gothic church of rough-cut pink Milford granite, seating 1,400 worshipers, for a parish Archbishop McCloskey approved in 1867. A basement lower church is dedicated in 1892, and Archbishop Corrigan lays the cornerstone in 1898. The completed church is dedicated on April 1, 1900.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1908
March 17
Fire Commissioner Hugh Bonner is mourned at the church
The funeral of New York City Fire Commissioner Hugh Bonner on March 17, 1908, draws such a crowd that police form lines around the street outside the church. The procession is led by fire fighters, mounted police and a police band, and twelve fire companies follow.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1918
May 30
A steeple is added for the parish's golden jubilee
For the parish's fiftieth anniversary on May 30, 1918, a steeple is added to the church's bell tower. The parish is also debt-free by then, which allows the church to be consecrated as part of the celebration.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
2015
May 8
The parish merges with St. Gregory the Great
On May 8, 2015, the parish of the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus merges with the parish of St. Gregory the Great. St. Gregory's church on West 90th Street is deconsecrated and closed on June 30, 2017.
Source: Wikipedia

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