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New York
Architecture Images- Midtown Church of St. Paul the Apostle (RC) |
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architect |
Jeremiah O'Rourke |
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location |
Columbus Ave. at 60th Street. |
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date |
1876-84 |
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Church |
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Special thanks
to www.churchcrawler.co.uk
(British and international church architecture site) for generous
permission to use images and info. |
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notes |
The church is
vast, built in 1876-84 to the designs of Jeremiah O'Rourke and the mother
church of the Paulist order in the USA. The west facade (actual east) has
twin towers and a large bas-relief of the Conversion of St Paul by Lumen
Martin Winter. The interior was renovated in 1993 and alterations made to
comply with Vatican II which included a new nave altar and the resiting of
the baptistry into the west end of the nave, using the former communion
rails to form a surround. At this time the ceiling was painted the present
light blue colour. It was originally a deep cerullian blue to give the
effect of a night sky and painted on it was the exact constellation of the
midnght sky of January 25th 1885, the date of the church's dedication. The
constellation configuration has been retained and was the work of Paulist
Father George Searle who was a renowned astronomer.
The interior of St. Paul the Apostle church contains many works of art by renowned 19th century artists, including altars and Sanctuary lamp designed by Stanford White, as well as murals and stained glass windows created by William Laurel Harris and John La Farge. |
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links |
http://users.rcn.com/spac/ |
