87th Street and Benedict Avenue, Woodhaven. St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church.
1923
87th Street and Benedict Avenue, Woodhaven. St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church.
St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church, 1923.
The church was built in 1908-1909 as a small wood-frame mission church for the larger nearby parish of St. Elizabeth's. It became its own institution in 1910. In 1914 the parishioners numbered 2700 and growing. Founded by a German community and clergy, the current church building, built in 1921, was constructed in the style of a Bavarian country church. The brick church building has colorful terra cotta banding and medallions on the front facade and a onion shaped copper spire.