St. Jude Church (New York City) Explained

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Church of St. Jude
Location Town:Inwood, Manhattan, New York City
Location Country:U.S.
Architect:1951 church and school & 1954 convent:
Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith
1957 rectory:
P. Goodman
1976 church:
Clark & Warren[1] [2]
Client:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Construction Start Date:1951 (church & school)
1954 (convent)
1957 (for rectory)
1975 (1976 church)
Cost:$600,000 (1951 church & school)
$200,000 (1954 convent)
$200,000 (1957 rectory)
$500,000 (1976 church)
Style:Brutalist
Website:https://churchofstjudeny.org/

The Church of St. Jude, located at 3815 Tenth Avenue at the corner of West 205th Street in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, is a Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of New York. Established in 1949, the current sanctuary was built in 1975-76 and was designed by Clark & Warren in the Brutalist style. The School of St. Jude, located around the corner at 431 West 204th Street and built in 1949–51 to designs by Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith, was originally the sanctuary as well. A two-story rectory at 411-445 West 204th Street was built in 1957 to designs by architect P. Goodman.

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  1. http://www.metrohistory.com/dbpages/NBresults.lasso Office for Metropolitan History
  2. , p.221