{"nrhp_refnum":"06001297","name":"Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"94-40 118th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond Hill","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.69247931000007,"lon":-73.82924219499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-01-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion","Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Catholic parish complex at 94-40 118th Street in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York, made up of a church (1916-1919), a school (1912, enlarged 1938-39), a rectory and a cloister (1939), plus a garage and the site of a former convent. The buildings were designed by Thomas Henry Poole and Robert J. Reiley.","why_significant":"The complex is locally significant under Criterion A for the expansion of the Diocese of Brooklyn and its work serving the German and Irish immigrants who settled Richmond Hill. It is also significant under Criterion C as a unified, largely intact group of early-twentieth-century religious architecture. Reiley's 1939 additions echoed Poole's earlier design, giving the complex a restrained and consistent appearance despite the loss of the convent in 2005.","narrative":"This parish complex in Richmond Hill, Queens, centers on a brick Romanesque Revival church completed in 1919 and designed by architect Thomas Henry Poole. The church follows a basilican plan, with a three-story bell tower, arcaded brick and stone corbelling, round-arched stained glass windows and a slate roof. Nearby are a school begun in 1912, a rectory and a garden cloister. Architect Robert J. Reiley added the rectory and cloister and enlarged the school in 1938-39, repeating Poole's decorative details. The parish was founded in 1892 by Bishop Charles McDonnell to serve German and Irish Catholic immigrants who had come to work in the nearby rail yards. A convent from 1912 burned in 2005, and its site is becoming a memorial park. The complex was recognized for its role in the growth of the Diocese of Brooklyn and for its cohesive, well-preserved early twentieth-century religious architecture.","period_of_significance":"1912-1956","architect_builder":"Thomas Henry Poole, Robert J. Reiley (architects); Frank Doresch (builder--church)","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival; Neoclassical","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Church, school and rectory remain in religious use. The convent was destroyed by fire in 2005 and its site is being developed into a memorial park.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.143512-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06001297.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001297/8ca3649fb7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001297/8ca3649fb7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Peter Greenberg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Benedict_Joseph_Labre_Church_(Queens,_New_York)_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Greenberg</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Benedict_Joseph_Labre_Church_(Queens,_New_York)_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321145","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Benedict_Joseph_Labre_Church_(Queens)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7401040"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/saint-benedict-joseph-labre-parish-06001297/"}