Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church (Manhattan) explained

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church
Location Town:Washington Heights, Manhattan,
New York City
Location Country:United States
Architect:Gustave E. Steinback[1]
Client:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Construction Start Date:1927
Completion Date:1928
Cost:$160,000 (1928), $400,000 (1949)
Website:https://olqmchurch.com/

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, located at 81 Arden Street at Dongan Place, between Broadway and Sherman Avenue in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The parish was established in 1927 and a church was built in 1928 to designs by Gustave E. Steinback.

School

A temporary school was begun in the church's rectory building in 1932, and plans were made for a permanent school building, but it was not built at the time because of the Great Depression. In 1934, however, an auditorium and temporary classrooms were built. A four-story school, also designed by Gustave E. Steinback, was built in 1949–50.[2]

Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart originally staffed the school from 1932 until 1980. Since then, it has been staffed by lay teachers.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.metrohistory.com/dbpages/NBresults.lasso Office for Metropolitan History
  2. http://www.olqmnyc.org/?page_id=10 "Historical information"