Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church

61-21 56th Road | Maspeth | built 1960

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

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1912
December 25
Rev. Adalbert Nawrocki takes charge of Maspeth's new Polish parish
Polish Catholics in Maspeth had been traveling to Elmhurst for Mass. In 1908 they formed the Society of St. Joseph and asked the Cardinal more than 26 times before he let them build their own church. On Christmas Day 1912 Nawrocki was given charge of the newly formed Holy Cross parish and plans for a church began.
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1913
November 30
Holy Cross Church is dedicated five months after its cornerstone
The cornerstone went down on June 22, 1913, and the parish held its first Mass in the finished church on October 1; the formal dedication followed on November 30. Built in a Roman style, it seated 800 and had three marble altars, stained-glass windows, two sacristies and a tower belfry with a chime of bells.
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1973
An organ built around 1878 for a Massachusetts prison is rebuilt for the church
The church's pipe organ was built around 1878 by George H. Ryder of Boston for the State Prison in Concord, Massachusetts. In 1973 the Bozeman-Gibson Company of Deerfield, New Hampshire, rebuilt it as its Opus 3, with two manuals and 13 ranks. Organ builder Larry Trupiano recalled George Bozeman saying the organ it replaced was a Wurlitzer, though he was unsure whether that meant an old theater organ.
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