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St. Monica Roman Catholic Church · 413 East 79th Street
St. Monica Roman Catholic Church
St. Monica Roman Catholic Church

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

IMAGE DATE1905
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The Church of St. Monica was founded in 1879 by the same pastor that had founded St. Joseph’s. St. Monica’s grew out of humble beginnings, with the mission to serve the expanding Irish Catholic population of the neighborhood.

The current building at 413 East 79th Street, shown here at the year of its completion, 1905, was designed in a Gothic Revival style by the firm Schickel & Ditmars. Its facade on East 79th Street remains nearly unchanged since construction.

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