[St. Michael's Russian Catholic Byzantine Church, 266 Mulberry Street.]
Formerly St. Michael's Chapel, originally St. Patrick's chancery office. Adjacent to St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, 260-264 Mulberry Street.
Printed from an earlier photograph taken between 1970 and 1990.
Museum of the City of New YorkSt. Michael's Russian Catholic Byzantine Church, ca. 1970-1990.
The "Gothic Gingerbread" style building was constructed in 1859 as the Chancery Office for nearby St. Patrick's Cathedral (now Old St. Patrick's). The building was designed by James Renwick, Jr. and William Rodrigue, the architects who quickly after would go on to create the new larger St. Patrick's uptown. The building became a small chapel called St. Michael's for some time. In 1936 it became St. Michael's Russian Catholic Byzantine Church. The small church has served the modest but devoted Russian Catholic community. It is the last Russian Catholic parish in New York City, and only one of four in the entire country.
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