{"nrhp_refnum":"77000964","name":"Old St. Patrick's Cathedral Complex","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Mott and Prince Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.72362659700008,"lon":-73.99526053399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-08-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A group of four buildings and a cemetery at Mott and Prince Streets in lower Manhattan, centered on the old St. Patrick's Cathedral, built 1809-15 to designs by Joseph Mangin. It also includes a rectory, St. Michael's Chapel, and a convent and girls' school.","why_significant":"The cathedral is described as one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival architecture in America and served as the Catholic cathedral of New York until 1879. Together with the rectory, chapel, and convent and school, it forms the most important group of structures relating to nineteenth-century Catholicism in New York. The complex is also tied to Archbishop John Hughes and to early Catholic education in the city.","narrative":"Old St. Patrick's Cathedral Complex occupies a block in lower Manhattan near Mott and Prince Streets. It brings together a cathedral, a cemetery enclosed by a brick wall, a rectory, St. Michael's Chapel, and a convent and girls' school. The cathedral, designed by Joseph Mangin and built between 1809 and 1815, is cited as one of America's earliest Gothic Revival buildings. A fire in 1866 destroyed its interior, which was rebuilt in Gothic style. Until 1879 it served as the seat of the Catholic diocese of New York. The rectory, built about 1828, is Greek Revival, and the former orphan asylum of 1825-26 later became the city's first parochial school for girls in 1866, a rare large Federal institutional building. St. Michael's Chapel dates from 1858-59. Together these buildings document nineteenth-century Catholic life in the city, including the career of Archbishop John Hughes.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Joseph Mangin (cathedral; Peter Morte, master mason); Renwick and Rodrique, architects, and Thomas Hasett, builder (St. Michael's Chapel)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (cathedral); castellated Gothic (St. Michael's Chapel); Greek Revival (rectory); Federal (convent and school)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied. The rectory is still used for clergy apartments and offices, and the school continues to operate. The complex is privately owned and religious in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.745174-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/77000964.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000964/f3e39fdaad-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000964/f3e39fdaad-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Pats_Old_Cathedral_Manh_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Pats_Old_Cathedral_Manh_jeh.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000012","name":"Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/chinatown-and-little-italy-historic-district-10000012/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319806","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Old_Cathedral","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q941763"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/old-st-patricks-cathedral-complex-77000964/"}