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St. Monica Roman Catholic Church
St. Monica Roman Catholic Church

409 East 79th Street. St. Monica Roman Catholic Church, exterior.

IMAGE DATE1905
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St. Monica Roman Catholic Church, ca. 1905.

Founded in 1879, St. Monica's was the fourth Catholic parish established on the Upper East Side. While the first services were conducted in a small second-story store space, the church moved into its first new church building in 1883. In 1906 the firm of Schickel & Ditmars, well known for their Catholic church architecture completed the current church. The Gothic Revival building opened for services on Thanksgiving Day.

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