Church of Our Lady of Mercy

2496 Marion Avenue | also 2494 Marion Avenue | Fordham Heights | built 1931

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

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1910
Our Lady of Mercy opens its Gothic Revival church on Marion Avenue
The Roman Catholic parish of Our Lady of Mercy, at 2496 Marion Avenue in Fordham, opened its present Gothic Revival church in 1910. The parish traces its start to 1892, when a priest was sent to organize Catholics who had long worshipped at the old Our Lady of Mercy church inside the gates of Fordham's college, after that building returned to college use.
“The present Gothic Revival-style church building opened in 1910.”
Source: Wikipedia
1914
The Marion Avenue parish counts about 1,000 members and $65,000 in church property
By 1914 Our Lady of Mercy had a congregation of roughly 1,000 people. Its church property was valued at $65,000 and carried a debt of $11,000.
Source: Wikipedia

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