Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish | |
Facade from 118th Street | |
| Location | 94-40 118th St.,Richmond Hill, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′33″N73°49′47″W / 40.69250°N 73.82972°W /40.69250; -73.82972 |
| Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
| Built | 1916 |
| Architect | Thomas Henry Poole et al. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 06001297[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 25, 2007 |
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish is a historicRoman Catholicparish church complex in theDiocese of Brooklyn, located at 94-40 118th Street inRichmond Hill,Queens,New York City.
The complex consists of the church,rectory / parsonage, school, andcloister. The church was designed in 1916 by architectThomas Henry Poole (1860–1919) and completed in 1919. It is a large brickRomanesque-style building in thebasilican plan. It features a standing seamcopper-roofeddome and abell tower. The rectory is a2+1⁄2-story brick building built in 1939. The cloister also dates to 1939 and connects the rectory to thesanctuary. It features a 1938 statue of the patronSaint Benedict Joseph Labre. The brick school building was built in 1912 and substantially enlarged in 1938–1939.[2]
It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
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