St. Catherine of Genoa's Church (New York City)
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The Church of St. Catherine of Genoa is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
, located at 506 West 153rd Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, Hamilton Heights
, Manhattan, New York City
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Rev. Charles M. Woods was assigned here (presumably as assistant) in 1904. The parish school was closed in 2006.
(1892), and a predecessor to Poole's grander-scaled St. Thomas the Apostle, in Harlem, which is also now closed. The Rev. John J. Brady had a four-story brick schoolhouse at 508-510 West 153rd Street, built 1937 to designs by Jules Lewis of 110 West 40 Street for $45,000.
The church is located directly behind the much grander St. Luke's African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was built and dedicated as the Washington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church in 1869.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond counties in New York City , as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state. There are 480 parishes...
, located at 506 West 153rd Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, Hamilton Heights
Hamilton Heights, Manhattan
Hamilton Heights is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattanville to the south and Washington Heights to the north. It contains the neighborhood of Sugar Hill....
, Manhattan, New York City
New York City
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Parish
The parish was established in 1887 as one of seven churches clustered around Trinity Church CemeteryTrinity Church Cemetery
Trinity Church Cemetery consists of three separate burial grounds associated with Trinity Church in Manhattan, New York, USA. The first was established in the Churchyard located at 74 Trinity Place at Wall Street and Broadway...
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Rev. Charles M. Woods was assigned here (presumably as assistant) in 1904. The parish school was closed in 2006.
Buildings
The church was constructed between 1889 and 1890 to the designs by Thomas H. Poole. The design was Eclectic Gothic, particularly marked by its wide-crowstepped gable and ogee-headed openings, very similar to Poole's more-compact Our Lady of Good CounselOur Lady of Good Counsel Church (Manhattan)
The Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 230 East 90th Street, Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1886. The church was completed in 1892 to the designs by Thomas H. Poole. The address...
(1892), and a predecessor to Poole's grander-scaled St. Thomas the Apostle, in Harlem, which is also now closed. The Rev. John J. Brady had a four-story brick schoolhouse at 508-510 West 153rd Street, built 1937 to designs by Jules Lewis of 110 West 40 Street for $45,000.
The church is located directly behind the much grander St. Luke's African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was built and dedicated as the Washington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church in 1869.