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.
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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