Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Blaise
364 Lincoln Road | also 1081 Nostrand Avenue, 335 Maple Street | Prospect Lefferts Gardens | built 1930
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- 1898
Bishop McDonnell lays the cornerstone of the first St. Francis of Assisi church
The parish of St. Francis of Assisi was established in 1898, and Bishop McDonnell laid the cornerstone of its first church on August 28 of that year. The small church stood on a lot 205 feet by 320 feet, where Rev. Ludeke also built a rectory, and later a parish hall and a young men's lyceum. That original church was later removed to make way for a new one begun in 1913.
“The cornerstone for the first church of St. Francis of Assisi was laid August 28, 1898 by Bishop McDonnell.”
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- 1909
Parish opens a red-brick school for about 1,000 children on Maple Street
In 1909 the parish put up a red-brick school with 16 classrooms, which a 1914 account said could take about 1,000 children. It stood on Maple Street, and the building is now the Parish Center and Chapel. The parish school, established in 1909, now teaches children from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.
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- 1913
William J. Ryan begins an Italian Renaissance church to replace the first one
Work started in 1913 on a new church in the Italian Renaissance style, designed by William J. Ryan, with the old church removed to make way. It was planned to cost $100,000 and to seat 1,025, with an inclined floor, Carrara marble altars and a copper dome. Dedication was expected in September 1914.
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- 1917
Reuben Midmer & Sons build the church's pipe organ
The church's pipe organ was built in 1917 by Reuben Midmer & Sons. In 1932 the successor firm, the Midmer-Losh Organ Company, rebuilt it.
“The church's pipe organ was built by Reuben Midmer & Sons in 1917, and was rebuilt by the successor Midmer-Losh Organ Company in 1932.”
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- 1924
C. J. Lustig installs 18 Deagan tubular bells that can be played from a keyboard
In 1924 C. J. Lustig installed 18 tubular bells made by the J.C. Deagan Company of Chicago. They are controlled by an electrical keyboard and possibly by paper rolls. Deagan's design was regarded as a radical advance over earlier church carillons, since dampers kept the tones from running together.
“The 18 tubular bells in the church were made by the J.C. Deagan Company of Chicago... They were installed by C.J. Lustig in 1924.”
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- 2011
St. Francis of Assisi - St. Blaise parish absorbs the territory of St. Ignatius Loyola
The parish of St. Francis of Assisi had merged with St. Blaise, founded in 1905. Effective January 31, 2011, the combined parish also took in the boundaries and assets of the former Parish of St. Ignatius Loyola, established in 1908. St. Ignatius's church at Nostrand Avenue and Carroll Street served as a chapel of ease and was finally closed in 2013, and the combined parish is run by the Marist Brothers.
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