Holy Cross School and Clergy House

300 East 4th Street | East Village | built 1940

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

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  1. 1887

    September 19

    The Mission Church of the Holy Cross lays the cornerstone for a school and clergy house

    The cornerstone for a school and clergy house at 300 East 4th Street was laid on September 19, 1887, and Bishop Henry C. Potter blessed the finished building the following May. Rev. James Otis Sargeant Huntington's Mission Church of the Holy Cross built it for the neighborhood's German immigrants, using a bequest from Sister Helen Margaret and about 1,000 small subscriptions. The five-story building of brick with brownstone facings was planned to house a school for about two hundred boys and girls along with clergy quarters.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1911

    The building becomes Holy Cross House, a residence for working girls

    In 1911 the Sisters of St. John the Baptist converted the building into Holy Cross House, a boarding house for working girls. Few boarding houses accepted unmarried women and hotels were costly. The weekly charge was $2.50 in 1911 and had risen to $7 by 1933.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1941

    The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America takes over the Holy Cross property

    In March 1941 the St. John the Baptist Foundation sold the church and the corner property to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America. The foundation said the neighborhood's German population had been replaced by Ukrainian, Russian and Polish immigrants. By 1948 the new congregation had altered the former Holy Cross House for its own use.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1969

    The building becomes Horizon House, a federally run drug-treatment center

    The building was renovated in 1969 as Horizon House, a federally run drug-treatment center. By 1975 the facility operated as Rehabilitation Phase Halfway, Inc., a center for addicts and ex-offenders. A remodeling completed in 1989 turned the building into apartments.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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