| Church of Our Lady of Esperanza | |
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 156th Street facade (2011) | |
 Interactive map of Church of Our Lady of Esperanza | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts/American Renaissance[3] |
| Location | New York, New York,United States of America |
| Coordinates | 40°50′2″N73°56′49.2″W / 40.83389°N 73.947000°W /40.83389; -73.947000 |
| Construction started | 1909[1] |
| Completed | 1912[2] |
| Renovated | 1924(addition & remodeling) |
| Cost | $50,000[2] |
| Client | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | masonry |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Charles P. Huntington[1] |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect | Lawrence G. White ofMcKim, Mead & White |
| Website | |
| ourladyofesperanza | |
TheChurch of Our Lady of Esperanza is aRoman Catholic parish church in theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 624 West 156th Street betweenBroadway andRiverside Drive in theWashington Heights neighborhood ofUpper Manhattan in New York City.
The church is part ofAudubon Terrace, which was designated a Historic District by theNew York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on January 9, 1979,[4] but it is organizationally separate from the museum complex.[2]
The parish was founded by Dona Manuela de Laverrerie de Barril, the wife of the Spanish Consul-General in New York.[2][5]Archer Milton Huntington, the railroad heir and founder of theHispanic Society of America, was recruited to the cause and funded the project for the second Spanish-speaking Catholic church in New York. The church building was begun in 1909 to designs by Archer's cousin,Charles P. Huntington.[1] The building was enlarged and extended in 1924 by Lawrence G. White, son ofStanford White,[2] including an addition on 156th Street. Previously, the entrance to the church, which sat on a hill, was by way of an outdoor brick stairway withterra cottabalustrades, but White's addition allowed for an entrance at the street level, with the climb to the church occurring via an indoor staircase.[4]
The first pastor, in 1912, was the Rev. Adrian Buisson, formerly pastor of theChurch of Our Lady of Guadalupe at 229 West 14th Street. Upon his retirement in 1952, the Rev. Francis Soutberg "was appointed Pastor until 1955 when Father Bernard Guillett assumed the position. Presently the Reverend Monsignor Peter O'Donnell is pastor."[2]
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