St. Mary Magdalen Church (New York City)

The Church of St. Mary Magdalen
The church and school around 1914
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General information
Town or cityManhattan, New York City
CountryUnited States
Completed1873
Demolished1940s
ClientRoman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Church of St. Mary Magdalen is a former Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, in Manhattan, New York City.

The church was originally established in 1873 to serve a German Catholic population.[1] It was a mid-block gable-fronted brick single-cell building with Romanesque details located at 529 E 17th Street. In 1877[2] the parish added a rectory at 527 E 17th Street[3] and a school at 523 E 17th Street.[4] The next year, the Sisters of St. Dominic began operating the school. Their convent was located north of the school at 526 E 18th street.[4] All buildings were demolished in the early 1940s to make way for Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village.

In 1945 [citation needed], the parish moved to its final location at Avenue D between 12th Street & 13th Street. The parish is now closed.

References

  1. ^ Dunlap, David W. (2012-08-14). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231500722.
  2. ^ The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. | ... Catholic editing Company. 1914.
  3. ^ The World Almanac 1892 and Book of Facts (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p.390.
  4. ^ a b "(cartographic) Plate 45, (1916)". |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=May 15, 2018 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lennox, and Tilden Foundation}}

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