Church of the Ascension, Roman Catholic (Manhattan) explained

Church of the Ascension
Other Name:Ascension Church
Location:221 West 107th St.
Manhattan (New York City), New York
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Website:ascensionchurchnyc.org
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Architect:Schickel & Ditmars[1]
Architectural Type:Church
Style:Sicilian Romanesque of the Norman and Byzantine hybrid style
Years Built:1896–7
Completed Date:1897
Archdiocese:New York
Province:Metropolitan Province of New York
Pastor:Rev. Dan Kearney
Organist:Preston Smith
Businessmgr:Philip Zeafla
Ascension School
Location Town:Manhattan, NYC
Location Country:USA
Architect:parish school:
F. A. de Meuron[2]
dwelling house:
Robert J. Reilly
Client:Archdiocese of New York
Construction Start Date:school: 1911
dwelling house: 1927
Cost:school: $120,000
dwelling house: $100,000

The Church of the Ascension is a Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of New York, located at 221 West 107th Street in the Manhattan Valley section of the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1895.

Buildings

The elaborate midblock church, located on 107th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway, has an attached parish house, both designed in the Sicilian Romanesque of the Norman and Byzantine hybrid style and built between 1896 and 1897 to the designs by the German—American Catholic church-building architectural firm of Schickel & Ditmars.[1] The parish has a four-storey brick and stone parochial school built by P. J. Brennan & Son, builders, in 1911 to designs by architect F. A. de Meuron of 31 East 27th Street for $120,000.[2] A five-storey brick dwelling house was erected at 218 West 108th Street in 1927 to the designs by architect Robert J. Reilly of 12 E 41st Street for $100,000.[2] The church was renovated in 1939.[1]

Organ

The Müller & Abel organ and organ case was built in 1898. Around 1900, a used two-manual pipe organ was installed in the Lower Church. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.[1] During 1939 renovations of the lower church, a new two-manual pipe organ was installed in 1939 by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts, and replaced the Müller & Abel organ. "Sometime after 1970, the chapel was closed and the organ was removed."[1]

Notable events

The church has been the filming location for films and television shows, including Keeping the Faith (2000)[3] and as "Trinity Church" in the "Book of Hours" episode from the first season of White Collar (2009).[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/AscensionRC.html Church of the Ascension - (Roman Catholic)
  2. http://www.metrohistory.com/dbpages/NBresults.lasso Office for Metropolitan History
  3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171433/locations
  4. http://www.whitecollarlexicon.com/book_of_hours.html White Collar Lexicon