Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Manhattan)
40°44′21.39″N 74°0′3.32″W / 40.7392750°N 74.0009222°W
| Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe | |
|---|---|
Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe | |
| Years built | ca. 1850, converted to church 1902 |
The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), is a former parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 229 West 14th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, in the Chelsea section of Manhattan in New York City.
With the merger in 2003 of the
Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the Parish of St. Bernard
, farther west at 328 West 14th Street, the function was transferred to the nearby St. Bernard Church and the church was converted to other uses.
History
The parish was established in 1902 by the
Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe & St. Bernard
.
Building
The church building is a former mid-19th-century brownstone
AIA Guide to NYC (Fifth Edition, 2010) called it "an extraordinary brownstone conversion.... Its Iberian ancestry is expressed both in the language of its services and in its Spanish Colonial facade."[4]
The church remained popular with the various Hispanic communities of New York, serving
Puerto Ricans, Mexicans and other Latin Americans. The rapid expansion of the Mexican population in the late 20th century, however, overwhelmed the small church, necessitating the congregation's transfer to nearby St. Bernard Church.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (2006) "14th Street and Union Square, Preservation Plan" New York City: Historic Preservation Program, Graduate School of Archuitecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University. Accessed 13 Jan 2011
- ^ Lafort, Remigius Lafort (1914)The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. New York City: The Catholic Editing Company. p.357
- ^ a b Our Lady Guadalupe Organs Archived 2012-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7. p.209