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Sacred Heart Church (Jersey City, New Jersey)

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Coordinates: 40°42′24″N 74°05′00″W / 40.7066°N 74.0832°W / 40.7066; -74.0832
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Sacred Heart Church
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40°42′24″N 74°05′00″W / 40.7066°N 74.0832°W / 40.7066; -74.0832
AddressJersey City, New Jersey
CountryUnited States
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusChurch
Founded1898 (1898)
Dedicated1898 (1898)
Architecture
Architect(s)Ralph Adams Cram
Architectural typeGothic Revival
Years built1922 (1922)
Specifications
Number of spires2
Administration
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Newark

Sacred Heart Church is a historic church and former Roman Catholic parish church on MLK Drive at Bayview Avenue in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. It is within the Archdiocese of Newark.

History and description

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Built between 1922 and 1924, it was designed by Boston architect Ralph Adams Cram with a mixture of Spanish Gothic and Moorish architecture. Its stained glass windows were designed by the then 18-year-old Harry Wright Goodhue.[1][2]

The complex is listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places[3] but is considered threatened.[4]

Sacred Heart Church closed in 2005 when the number of parishioners dropped to a few hundred from the 4,000 it had at its peak. The Archdiocese of Newark has no plans to reopen the church.[5][6] The affiliated Sacred Heart School remains open.[7][8]


The priory of the church become home of the Jersey City Employment & Training Program (JCETP) re-entry program, headed by Jim McGreevey, in 2015.[9]

During the 2019 Jersey City shooting the school was on lock-down and used as defensive position during the incident.[10][11] That school was taken over by law-enforcement agencies and used during the incident.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dreaming in Technicolor". Architectural Media. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  2. ^ Gomez, John (2009), Legendary Locals, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 9781467100922
  3. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  4. ^ "Sacred Heart Church". Preservation New Jersey. Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  5. ^ Fernandes, Nicolas (June 27, 2014). "Preservationist thinks reopening Jersey City church will improve MLK Drive area". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  6. ^ Gomez, John (May 2008). Sacred Heart Church in Jersey City, New Jersey - A History and Analysis of Ralph Adams Cram's Seminal Spanish Gothic Masterwork (PDF) (MSc thesis). Columbia University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-10. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  7. ^ Thorbourne, Ken (June 26, 2014). "Amid economic challenges, Jersey City's Sacred Heart School continues mission". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  8. ^ "Sacred Heart School". Sacred Heart School. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  9. ^ McDonald, Terrence T. (22 July 2015). "Local politicians hail new prisoner re-entry center". The Jersey Journal.
  10. ^ Heyboer, Kelly (December 10, 2019). "Thousands of kids on lockdown in schools as gunman opens fire in Jersey City". NJ Advance Media. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  11. ^ Heyboer, Kelly (December 10, 2019). "Jersey City schools lift lockdown, let thousands of kids go home after fatal shooting". NJ Advance Media. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  12. ^ "Police body cam videos show fierce gun battle after fatal shooting at Jersey City kosher market". Associated Press. February 21, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via NJ.com.
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