| The San Isidoro y San Leandro Western Orthodox Catholic Church of the Hispanic Mozarabic Rite | |
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| 40°43′18″N 73°58′42″W / 40.7217°N 73.9784°W | |
| Location | 345 East
4th Street, New York, New York |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Tradition | Hispanic Mozarabic Rite |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 1892 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Edward Wenz |
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| Completed | 1892 |
The San Isidoro y San Leandro Western Orthodox Catholic Church of the Hispanic Mozarabic Rite is a church in the Alphabet City area of the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was consecrated in 1892.
History
The structure began as a tenement house, acquired by the Catholic Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in 1891 for $7,500 (equivalent to $254,000 in 2023). The new building was built by architect Edward Wenz for a fee of 16,200 (equivalent to $549,000 in 2023), and consecrated in 1892. [1] [2]
Over time, the neighborhood became more Russian and Ukrainian, and the German, Polish, and Hungarian population moved uptown. The congregation purchased and relocated to the St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in the Upper East Side in 1917, [3] and the building was sold to the Russian Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity sometime before 1930. [1]
The building was sold again in 1975, to become the San Isidoro y San Leandro Western Orthodox Catholic Church of the Hispanic Mozarabic Rite. [4]
In popular culture
The church appears on the cover of rapper Kool Moe Dee's 1987 album How Ya Like Me Now.
References
- ^ a b "345 East 4th Street - Block : 374 - Lot #47" (PDF). GVSHP. p. 124.
- ^ "December 2019 Full Board Minutes" (PDF). The City of New York. pp. 12–13.
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. Columbia University Press. pp. 201–202. ISBN 9780231500722.
- ^ Xie, Jenny (March 24, 2021). "This Maximalist East Village Church Is for Sale". Curbed.