Saint_Benedict_Joseph_Labre_Church


Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Facade from 118th Street
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Location	94-40 118th St., Richmond Hill, New York
Coordinates	40°41′33″N 73°49′47″W / 40.69250°N 73.82972°W / 40.69250; -73.82972
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built	1916
Architect	Thomas Henry Poole et al.
Architectural style	Romanesque, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	06001297^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 25, 2007

Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish is a historic Roman Catholic parish church complex in the Diocese of Brooklyn, located at 94-40 118th Street in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York City.

Description

The complex consists of the church, rectory / parsonage, school, and cloister. The church was designed in 1916 by architect Thomas Henry Poole (1860–1919) and completed in 1919. It is a large brick Romanesque-style building in the basilican plan. It features a standing seam copper-roofed dome and a bell tower. The rectory is a 2+1⁄2-story brick building built in 1939. The cloister also dates to 1939 and connects the rectory to the sanctuary. It features a 1938 statue of the patron Saint Benedict Joseph Labre. The brick school building was built in 1912 and substantially enlarged in 1938–1939.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.^[1]

Gallery

Facade from 118th Street
Detail of door

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Virginia L. Bartos (October 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-01-16. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".

External links

The History of Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish in Richmond Hill

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