St. Barbara's Church (Brooklyn)

For other uses, see St. Barbara's Church.
The Church of St. Barbara
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General information
Architectural styleSpanish Baroque Revival
LocationBushwick, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Completed1910[1]
ClientRoman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Design and construction
ArchitectHelmle and Huberty[1]

The Church of St. Barbara is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, located in northern Brooklyn, New York, in the Bushwick-Ridgewood neighborhood. The parish was established as a national parish to serve the German Catholic community, which later became Italian and then Hispanic by the 1960s.

Description

The church was built 1910 to the designs of the architectural firm of Helmle and Huberty.[1] The AIA Guide to New York City wrote that the parish was "named not only for the saint but for the brewer Leonard Eppig's little daughter Barbara — Eppig contributed to the parish. Nearby St. Leonard's had a similar history of naming."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Norval White and Elliot Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City, rev. ed., (New York: Collier Books, 1978), p.462-463.

40°41′44.3″N 73°55′13.16″W / 40.695639°N 73.9203222°W / 40.695639; -73.9203222


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