Lisanti Chapel
740 East 215th Street | Williamsbridge | built 1900
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1905
Italian immigrant Francesco Lisanti builds a family chapel on East 215th Street
Francesco Lisanti, an immigrant from Italy, put up this small chapel in Williamsbridge in 1905. Its date plaque, written in Italian, records that F. Lisanti raised it out of devotion to the Immacolata, for himself and for his family, and carries the year 1905.
“It was built in 1905 by Francesco Lisanti, an Italian Immigrant…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2002
Lisanti Chapel joins the National Register of Historic Places
The chapel at 740 East 215th Street entered the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The small building has door and window openings with pointed arches, along with subtle Gothic Revival details that carry a Southern Italian flavor, and its Italian-language date plaque still names the man who built it.
“…added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002…”
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- Lisanti ChapelWikipedia
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