NRHP Reference # 13001151 Address Bronx, NY 10455, USA Completed 1918 Architect Gustave E. Steinback | Country United States Area 6,110 m² Added to NRHP 5 February 2014 | |
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Location 683 Tinton Ave., Bronx, New York Built 1892 (1892), 1908, 1917, 1956 Town or city Mott Haven, Bronx, New York City Client Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Architectural styles Romanesque Revival architecture, Byzantine Revival architecture Similar St Pius V's Church, St Francis Xavier's Church, Church of St Simon Stock, St Benedict the Moor, St Dominic's Church | ||
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.
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. 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. However, the AIA Guide to NYC (2010) has revised the architect of the design to Anton Kloster. Other guides have also attributed the work to Kloster. 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.
The church and school were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.