St. Peter's Church (Manhattan)

St Peters Roman Catholic Church, New York
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NYC Landmark
Location	22 Barclay Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, 212/233-8355
Built	1836-1840
Architect	John R. Haggerty and Thomas Thomas
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	80002721
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 23, 1980
Designated NYCL	December 21, 1965

St Peter's Church is the oldest Roman Catholic parish in New York City. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, first United States citizen to be canonized, converted to Catholicism here. St. Peter's is an impressive granite building with a six columned portico and a low-angled gable (pediment). The simplicity of the smooth masonry' walls help give the structure a great air of dignity. This church is notable historically as having been built on the site of the first Roman Catholic church in New York City. The first church on this site was built in 1786 and was demolished in 1836 to make way for the present church building.

As an early Catholic church, the present building follows the tradition of classic monumentality of so many of its predecessors in Rome. It employed the Greek Revival style of architecture, popular in the United States at that time. St. Peter's Church has an extremely handsome row of Ionic columns and is one of the finest temple-form churches in the City.

The church was designated a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in December 21, 1965. , and a National Registered Historic Place in 1980.

Due to its proximity to the World Trade Center site, the building did sustain physical damaged after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

The real estate it sits on has a market value of $4,670,000 as of 2006.

The present pastor is Fr. Kevin Madigan.

Weekend Mass Times: Sat: 4pm; Sun: 8am, 9:30am, 12pm

Weekday Mass Times: (English): M-F: 7:10am, 7:45am, 12:05pm, 1:05pm

External links

• American Memory from the Library of Congress