St. Jerome's Church

230 Alexander Avenue | Mott Haven | built 1900

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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.

  1. 1898

    June 13

    The Times reports St. Jerome's will break ground on a $100,000 church

    On June 13, 1898, the New York Times reported that work would soon start on a new St. Jerome's church, expected to cost about $100,000, because the old one could no longer hold the growing congregation. Dehli & Howard planned it in brick and Dorchester stone, 80 feet wide on Alexander Avenue and 156 feet deep, seating about 1,000 plus a gallery for about 400.

    “The New York Times reported on June 13, 1898, that "ground will be broken in a few days for a new church…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1900

    St. Jerome's Church is completed with a taller tower on the corner

    Built between 1898 and 1900 to designs by Dehli & Howard, the church stands at the southeast corner of Alexander Avenue and East 138th Street in an Italianate and Baroque Revival style. It has two towers, and the one at the corner rises higher and carries more ornament. The church shares the block with the parish rectory and its 1871 school.

    “The Italianate / Baroque Revival church was built 1898–1900 to the designs of Delhi & Howard.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1969

    July 29

    Landmarks report notes St. Jerome's Hispanic-tinged style now suits its Spanish-speaking parish

    When the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Mott Haven Historic District on July 29, 1969, its report described the church as Italian Renaissance with echoes of Hispanic models. The report observed that the mostly Irish parish that built it could not have predicted that its congregation would become largely Spanish-speaking, which made the style especially fitting.

    “…the present congregation is largely Spanish speaking, making the style of architecture particularly appropriate.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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