Church of St. Anselm and St. Roch

683 Tinton Avenue | also 685 Tinton Avenue | Melrose | built 1966

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1918

    St. Anselm's builds a domed Byzantine Revival church modeled on Hagia Sophia

    The parish, organized in 1891 for German Catholics and run by Benedictine monks, built this church in 1918. Its brick body is crowned by a large dome ringed with smaller domes, an idea drawn from Hagia Sophia, and marble columns and geometric mosaics fill the interior. The 1978 AIA Guide credited Gustave Steinback's firm, but the 2010 edition names Anton Kloster as the designer.

    “The present church was built 1918 in the Byzantine Revival style. Its design is inspired by the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2014

    St. Anselm's church and school are listed on the National Register of Historic Places

    In 2014 the church and the neighboring parish school joined the National Register of Historic Places. The school is a four-story Classical Revival building of brick with terra-cotta trim, while the church is the domed Byzantine Revival building of 1918. The parish is now staffed by the Augustinian Recollects, and its congregation reflects Spanish and Latin American heritage.

    “The church and school were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2015

    St. Anselm's absorbs the Italian parish of St. Roch and takes on its name

    In 2015 the parish of St. Roch, founded in 1899 for Italian Catholics, was merged into St. Anselm's, creating the Church of St. Anselm and St. Roch. Earlier, from 1985 to 1992, low attendance had made St. Roch's a mission parish of St. Anselm's. St. Roch's own church on Wales Avenue was desacralized in November 2017.

    Source: Wikipedia

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