Category:St. George's Syrian Catholic Church

St. George's Syrian Catholic Church 

church building in Manhattan, United States of America
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Instance of	church building
Location	Manhattan, New York City, New York
Street address	103 Washington Street
Heritage designation	New York City Landmark (façade, 2009–)
Religion or worldview	Catholicism
40° 42′ 30.24″ N, 74° 00′ 51.12″ W
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St. George's Syrian Catholic Church is a former church located at 103 Washington Street between Rector Street and Carlisle Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. The church is the last physical reminder of the Syrian- and Lebanese-American community that once lived in Little Syria. Originally three stories tall with a peaked roof, the structure was built c.1812, and by 1850 was being used as a boardinghouse for immigrants; an additional two stories were added on in 1869. In 1925, the building was purchased by George E. Bardwil, a textiles importer, for the use of the Syrian Catholic Church, organized in 1889 to serve the Syrian- and Lebanese-American community in the Little Syria neighborhood, also known as the Syrian Quarter. Four years later, Harvey F. Cassab, a Lebanese-American draftsman, was hired to create a new facade for the building. His neo-Gothic design in white terra cotta with a polychrome relief of St. George and the Dragon remains intact. (Source: "NYCLPC Designation Report")