St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
- Architect
- Joseph-François Mangin
- Year
- 1809
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
St. Patrick's Old Cathedral is a Catholic parish church and basilica in the Nolita neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, built between 1809 and 1815 and designed by Joseph-François Mangin in the Gothic Revival style. It served as the seat of the Archdiocese of New York until the current St. Patrick's Cathedral in Midtown opened in 1879. The church sits at 260-264 Mulberry Street between Prince and Houston Streets, with its primary entrance on Mott Street.
the building
Shared parish. Old St. Patrick parish merged with Most Precious Blood parish, and the two churches now share priests and administrative staff; liturgies here are celebrated in English, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese.
the style
Mangin designed the church in the Gothic Revival style, making it an early American example of the mode, predating the wave of Gothic Revival churches that followed later in the 19th century.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
Joseph-François Mangin, who also designed New York's City Hall, designed St. Patrick's Old Cathedral.
significance
The church building was designated a New York City landmark in 1966, and the cathedral complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Pope Benedict XVI declared it a minor basilica on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2010.
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