Church of St. Pius V

416 East 145th Street | Mott Haven | built 1907

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

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1906
Father Francis M. Fagan becomes first pastor of the new St. Pius V parish
The Roman Catholic parish of St. Pius V, under the Archdiocese of New York, was established in the South Bronx in 1906. The Rev. Francis M. Fagan was named its first pastor.
“The parish was established in 1906, with Fr. Francis M. Fagan its first pastor.”
Source: Wikipedia
1907
Anthony F. A. Schmitt's twin-towered Romanesque church goes up on East 145th Street
The red-brick church at 416-420 East 145th Street was built in 1906 and 1907 from designs by architect Anthony F. A. Schmitt. Romanesque in style, it is marked by a pair of towers.
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2017
November 30
The St. Pius V church is taken out of religious use two years after a parish merger
St. Pius V and the parish of St. Rita of Cascia, whose church stands at 448 College Avenue, combined into a single parish on August 1, 2015. Two years later the St. Pius V church was desacralized, with the change taking effect on November 30, 2017, so the building could serve secular purposes.
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