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Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer Complex

Architect
Bertram Goodhue
Style
Gothic Revival
City
Manhattan, NY
Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer Complex
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain
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The Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer is a Catholic parish complex on the Upper East Side at Lexington Avenue and East 65th-66th Street, built in 1918 by the Dominicans, whose priory here still serves as the headquarters of the order's Eastern United States Province. It has been called one of New York's greatest architectural adornments, and the complex was designated a New York City Landmark in 1967.

the building

The Crucifixion statue. Above the front entrance stands one of the few statues of the Crucifixion found on the exterior of an American Catholic church, an unusual and striking choice for the facade.

Stations of the Cross in oil. Inside, the Stations of the Cross are rendered as oil paintings rather than the sculpture or carving typically used for the devotion, alongside two Schantz pipe organs.

the style

The complex is built in the Gothic Revival style, part of the same wave of medieval-inspired church architecture that shaped many of New York's early-20th-century parishes.

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the architect

Bertram Goodhue designed the church complex; the priory grounds also include work from William Schickel, who designed an earlier church and priory on the site in 1881.

significance

The church and priory were made a New York City designated landmark in 1967 and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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