Church of St. Anselm and St. Roch (Bronx)

The Church of St. Anselm
The Church of St. Anselm
General information
Architectural style	Byzantine Revival style, Romanesque Revival
	St. Anselm's Roman Catholic Church and School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	683 Tinton Ave., Bronx, New York
Coordinates	40°48′58″N 73°54′20″W / 40.81611°N 73.90556°W
Area	1.51 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1892, 1908, 1917, 1956
Architect	Steinback, Gustave E., Kirby, John E.
Architectural style	Byzantine Revival, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	13001151
Added to NRHP	February 5, 2014
Town or city	Mott Haven, Bronx, New York City
Country	United States
Completed	1918
Client	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Anton Koster (according to the AIA Guide to NYC 2010); Gustave E. Steinback (according to the AIA Guide to NYC 1978 and Steinback himself)

The Church of St. Anselm is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 685 Tinton Avenue in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. It was established in 1891 and is staffed by the Order of Augustinian Recollects. Previously it was staffed by the Benedictine Friars.^[4]^[5]^: 5, 7

Building

The present church was built 1918 in the Byzantine Revival style. Its design is inspired by the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey. It is an approximately two-story brick building topped by a large dome surrounded by a series of smaller domes.^[5] The designs was credited to Gustave Steinback and his noted ecclesiastical architectural firm by the AIA Guide to NYC (1978) and according to Steinback's own claim to the American Institute of Architects for its registry filings.^[2] However, the AIA Guide to NYC (2010) has revised the architect of the design to Anton Kloster.^[1] Other guides have also attributed the work to Kloster.^[6]^[7] It is possible that Kloster worked for Steinback at the time.

The adjacent school is a four-story, brick building with terra cotta accents in the Classical Revival style.^[5]

The church and school were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City. American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (Fifth ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 823. ISBN 978-0-19-538386-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c Norval White and Elliot Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City, rev. ed., (New York: Collier Books, 1978), p.314.
^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/03/14 through 2/07/14. National Park Service. 2014-02-14.
^ Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p. 381.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Julie Kroon and Jennifer Walkowski (December 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Anselm's Roman Catholic Church and School" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs
^ See Thomas J. Shelley, The Archdiocese of New York: the Bicentennial History, (New York: Archdiocese of New York / Strasbourg: Éditions du Signe, 2007), p.216, 219.
^ Joe McMahon, Bronx Catholic "Saint Anselm, Tinton Avenue, Morrisania", March 25, 2008, "This is an attempt to index references to The Bronx in "The Archdiocese of New York: the Bicentennial History," a marvelous 624-page book written by Thomas J. Shelley. The 2007 book may still be available at the St. Patrick Cathedral gift shop. The strength of this blog will be in the alphabetic list of labels to the right, or use the search box at top left. The blog format requires that entries move from recent to old. I continue to add photos and information." (Retrieved 11 May 2011)

[AIANYC5.P823-1] White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City. American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (Fifth ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 823. ISBN 978-0-19-538386-7.

[AIA-2] Norval White and Elliot Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City, rev. ed., (New York: Collier Books, 1978), p.314.

[nps-3] "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/03/14 through 2/07/14. National Park Service. 2014-02-14.

[Lafort-4] Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p. 381.

[NysNrhpNom-5] "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Julie Kroon and Jennifer Walkowski (December 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Anselm's Roman Catholic Church and School" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs

[Shelley-6] See Thomas J. Shelley, The Archdiocese of New York: the Bicentennial History, (New York: Archdiocese of New York / Strasbourg: Éditions du Signe, 2007), p.216, 219.

[BronxCatholic-7] Joe McMahon, Bronx Catholic "Saint Anselm, Tinton Avenue, Morrisania", March 25, 2008, "This is an attempt to index references to The Bronx in "The Archdiocese of New York: the Bicentennial History," a marvelous 624-page book written by Thomas J. Shelley. The 2007 book may still be available at the St. Patrick Cathedral gift shop. The strength of this blog will be in the alphabetic list of labels to the right, or use the search box at top left. The blog format requires that entries move from recent to old. I continue to add photos and information." (Retrieved 11 May 2011)

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