Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Bernard

328 West 14th Street | West Village | built 1900

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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.

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  1. 1868

    Mary Catherine Dannat Starr starts a sewing school for girls at St. Bernard's

    In the autumn of 1868, the year the parish is founded for mostly Irish immigrants, Mary Catherine Dannat Starr opens a sewing school for girls at St. Bernard's. Its aim is to give the girls skills that could improve their lives. She later founds the Sisters of the Divine Compassion.

    “In the autumn of 1868 Mary Catherine Dannat Starr started a sewing school for girls at St. Bernard's to teach them skills…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1875

    Patrick Keely's twin-towered church is the first consecrated by an American cardinal

    St. Bernard's Church goes up between 1873 and 1875 to plans by the Irish-born architect Patrick C. Keely. New York's Archbishop John McCloskey consecrates it, making it the first church consecrated by an American cardinal. The front pairs two towers with three doorways and a rose window under a pointed arch, a blend of French and English influences.

    “…was the first church consecrated by an American Cardinal, Archbishop of New York John McCloskey…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2003

    St. Bernard's merges with Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the Spanish parish's art moves in

    In 2003 St. Bernard's parish merges with Our Lady of Guadalupe, the city's first Spanish-speaking Catholic parish, which was founded in 1902 a block east on West 14th Street in a neighborhood then called Little Spain. The merged parish keeps the St. Bernard building. Many of Guadalupe's art objects appear to have moved there, and the reredos now shows scenes of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Juan Diego.

    Source: Wikipedia

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