Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto explained

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto
Nrhp Type:hd
Location:36 Amity St., Staten Island, New York
Coordinates:40.6122°N -74.0753°W
Built:1937
Architect:Russo, Vito
Architecture:Grotto
Added:November 02, 2000
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:00001276

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto is a national historic district located at 36 Amity Street in Rosebank, Staten Island, New York. It is a historic Roman Catholic grotto designed and constructed by the local Italian American community. Work on the distinctive concrete and stone folk art structure was begun in 1937 and continues to the present. The property includes the grotto, a frame meeting hall dated to about 1920, and contributing landscape features and ancillary structures and objects.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto. August 2000. 2010-12-06 . Kathleen A. Howe. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying 22 photos.