St. Anthony of Padua Church

822 East 166th Street | Longwood | built 1927

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

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1903
November
A German national parish buys land on East 166th Street
St. Anthony of Padua was founded in 1903 as the German national parish of the Bronx, and that November it bought property on East 166th Street for $24,000. The pastor of nearby St. John Chrysostom opposed the new parish, saying almost all the local Germans spoke fluent English, but the German-Americans wanted a church of their own. Otto F. Strack was its first pastor.
Source: Wikipedia
1928
June 10
Bishop Joseph Rummel dedicates the church he raised $300,000 to build
Pastor Joseph F. Rummel led a $300,000 fund drive for a new church, which was built in 1927 and 1928. Appointed Bishop of Omaha earlier in 1928, Rummel dedicated the building that June. The parish later changed with its neighborhood, becoming largely Black during the Great Migration and mostly Latino by 2011.
Source: Wikipedia

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