Chapel of the Resurrection

276 West 151st Street | Harlem | built 1920

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.

1907
The Church of the Resurrection is founded for Central Harlem Catholics
The Church of the Resurrection is established in 1907 to minister to Catholics in Central Harlem, then a mostly white area. The next year, a modest building holding the church, school, and rectory is built on West 151st Street, opening in 1908.
Source: nycago.org
1969
Rev. Lawrence Lucas becomes the parish's first Black pastor
In 1969, Rev. Lawrence E. Lucas returns to Resurrection, where he once served as a parochial vicar, to become the parish's first African-American pastor, a post he holds until 1992. A Black liberation theologian and founding member of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, he takes part in 1983 House subcommittee hearings on police misconduct. He also serves, during the Central Park trial, as a character witness for Yusef Salaam.
Source: Wikipedia
2007
The parish is slated for consolidation with St. Charles Borromeo
In 2007, the parish of the Resurrection is slated to merge with the Church of St. Charles Borromeo. By then, the congregation's Harlem has changed from the mostly white neighborhood of 1907, with Hispanic and Black residents arriving by the 1930s.
Source: nycago.org

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