Church of the Blessed Sacrament (Manhattan)
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The Church of the Blessed Sacrament | |
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General information | |
Address | 152 West 71st Street |
Town or city | New York City |
Country | United States of America |
Construction started | 1917 |
Completed | 1920 |
Client | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Gustave E. Steinback |
Website | |
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Manhattan |
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan at 152 West 71st Street, just east of Broadway. The parish was established in 1887.[1]
The present church was started in 1914 to designs by Gustave E. Steinback and the first mass was held on Christmas 1920.[2]
The Arclight Theatre is located on the lower level.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, 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, 1914), p. 318.
- ^ A Brief History of The Church of the Blessed Sacrament
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- Gothic Revival church buildings in New York City
- Christian organizations established in 1887
- Roman Catholic churches in Manhattan
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1920
- Gustave E. Steinback church buildings
- Upper West Side
- 1887 establishments in New York (state)
- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
- Manhattan church stubs