Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz
378 Broome Street | also 378A Broome Street | Nolita | built 1920
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- 1925
Robert J. Reiley designs a Romanesque Revival church with corbelled arches
The National Register nomination for the Chinatown and Little Italy district lists 378 Broome Street as the Church of the Most Holy Crucifix, a three-story brick church and convent from 1925. It names Robert J. Reiley (spelled Reily there) as the architect and calls the style Romanesque Revival. The building has corbelled arches and cast-stone or limestone ornament.
Source: National Register nomination
- 1926
The Church of the Most Holy Crucifix is built for a mostly Italian parish
Established in 1925 for a mostly Italian community, the Church of the Most Holy Crucifix parish got a sanctuary and a three-story rectory designed by Robert J. Reiley and built in 1925-26 at a cost of $40,000. The sanctuary had room for 250 people.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2005
The building reopens as the Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz, a church for Filipino Catholics
The Most Holy Crucifix parish closed in 2005 and the building became the Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz, which opened on September 1. On September 15 a bronze statue of the first Filipino saint, donated by Cardinal Jaime Sin in 1982, was enshrined, with Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as guest of honor. Outside the Philippines, only two other Catholic churches had received an official dedication to Filipinos.
“The Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz officially opened on September 1, 2005.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2017
The archdiocese announces the sale of the chapel for $7.3 million
On July 11, 2017, the Archdiocese of New York announced that it had sold the church building on Broome Street for $7.3 million. Attendance had dwindled, with some services drawing as few as five people by 2006, possibly because the neighborhood had few Filipino residents. Changes in the neighborhood's population contributed to the closing and sale.
Source: Wikipedia
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