Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (New York City)

The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de los Dolores) is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 105 Pitt Street between Rivington Street and Stanton Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City.[2] The area formerly served Catholics who lived in the immigrant enclave of Kleindeutschland (Little Germany).[1]

The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
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General information
Architectural styleVictorian
Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival
Town or cityManhattan, New York City
CountryUnited States
Construction started1867[1]
Completed1868[1]
ClientRoman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Design and construction
Architect(s)Henry Engelbert[1]
Website
https://olsnyc.org / https://ols.weconnect.com

History

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The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows was established in 1867 as Our Lady of the Seven Dolors Church and staffed by the Capuchin Friars.[1] It served as the national parish for the large number of German Catholics who immigrated to New York in the late nineteenth century. Later it became a parish for Italian and then Hispanic immigrants.[1][3]

Building

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Our Lady of Sorrows was built 1867–1868 in the Victorian, Byzantine Revival, and Romanesque Revival style by Henry Engelbert. Archbishop John McCloskey dedicated the church on September 6, 1868.[1]

School

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The parish school was among 27 closed by the Archdiocese under the Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan in January 2011.[4][5]

References

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40°43′8.68″N 73°58′56.78″W / 40.7190778°N 73.9824389°W / 40.7190778; -73.9824389