St. Veronica's Rectory
657 Washington Street | West Village | built 1894
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- 1894
St. Veronica's church dedicates its new $14,500 Romanesque Revival rectory
Lawrence J. O'Connor, an architect who specialized in Catholic church commissions, designed the four-story brick rectory for St. Veronica's R.C. Church in 1893-94 at a cost of $14,500. It was dedicated in May 1894 and has served as the parish rectory ever since.
“It was built in 1893-94 to the design of Lawrence J. O'Connor, a specialist in Catholic ecclesiastical commissions, and cost $14,500.”
- 1985
Mother Teresa and Mayor Koch attend the opening of an AIDS hospice in the rectory
In 1985 Cardinal John J. O'Connor chose the rectory to become a hospice for homeless people with AIDS. The Cardinal, Mayor Edward I. Koch and Mother Teresa were all present when the hospice opened in December 1985.
“The facility's opening in December 1985 was attended by the Cardinal, Mayor Edward I. Koch and Mother Teresa.”
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