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St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Sixth Avenue ยท 371 Sixth Avenue
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Sixth Avenue

Manhattan: 6th Avenue - Washington Place

Sixth Avenue, west side, from Washington Place to Waverly Place, showing prominently St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and its adjoining Sunday School Building.
View 1 shows the absence of the Sixth Avenue Elevated. The tall apartment house at the right is at
the S.E. corner of Waverly Place.
View 1: January 17, 1939
View 2: March 15, 1932
View 3: May 5, 1930
P. L. Sperr

Handwritten: Plaque on church reads: "This edifice is the oldest Catholic Church building in Manhattan, erected in 1833"

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