Town or city Manhattan, New York Completed 1867 (for rectory) | Country United States Demolished c.1960 (for church) | |
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Architectural style Gothic Revival (for rectory) Client Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York | ||
The Church of St. Nicholas is a former Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 125 East 2nd Street in Manhattan, New York City.
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Parish history
The parish was established in 1833 and closed in 1960, at which time the church building was demolished. A special feature of the New York Times in 1901, mentioned the church among other Catholic structures in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, describing the group "for the most part...limit[ing] themselves to the functions of a parish church, in districts where social needs are otherwise supplied." Without comment on other facilities attached.
Buildings
The former St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church rectory, located at 135 East Second Street, between Avenue A and First Avenue, was built in 1867. According to the AIA Guide to NYC (Fifth Ed, 2010), the building is "an essay in the late Gothic Revival mannerism, with swell stone trim around the tiers of pointer arch windows. Note the silhouette of the demolished church on the old rectory's wall: palimpsest."