{"nrhp_refnum":"80002678","name":"Church of Notre Dame and Rectory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"405 W. 114th St. and 40 Morningside Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.805022619000056,"lon":-73.96024672699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A French neo-Classical Roman Catholic church and an Italian palazzo-style rectory at 405 W. 114th Street/40 Morningside Drive, overlooking Morningside Park in Manhattan. The apse dates from 1909, with the main church and rectory designed in 1914 and the church dedicated in 1915.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the church an outstanding example of French neo-Classical style adapted to a relatively small ecclesiastical design, with a monumental portico and a grand marble interior. The rectory, based on Italian Renaissance precedents, is well related to the church and fitted to an unusually narrow site. The complex also reflects the work of Daus & Otto and Cross & Cross, and was commissioned by fur merchant Thomas Fortune Ryan for his French-Canadian workers.","narrative":"Overlooking Morningside Park on Manhattan's Upper West Side, this Catholic church and its rectory combine French neo-Classical and Italian Renaissance design. The original chapel, designed by Daus & Otto in 1909, survives as the semicircular apse and houses a grotto reproducing the Lourdes Shrine. Its popularity led to a larger church, designed by Cross & Cross in 1914 and dedicated in 1915, with interior work continuing into the late 1920s. A portico of four colossal Corinthian columns marks the east front, though the planned dome was never built. Inside, marble columns rise into arches. The adjoining rectory, in gray brick and stone, has rounded corners and fits a narrow site. Fur merchant Thomas Fortune Ryan commissioned both the chapel and church for his mostly French-Canadian workers. The church was Cross & Cross's first major New York City commission. The property is listed for its architectural quality and its design relationship between church and rectory.","period_of_significance":"1909-10; 1914-28","architect_builder":"Daus & Otto; Cross & Cross","architectural_style":"French neo-Classical (church); modified sixteenth-century Italian palazzo (rectory)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in religious use; the rectory interior was remodeled in the 1960s for parish offices and meeting rooms. The planned dome was never built.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.556511-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002678.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002678/42c4237464-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002678/42c4237464-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ndparish at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_Notre_Dame_Facade_2006.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ndparish at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Church_of_Notre_Dame_Facade_2006.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319385","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116785174"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/church-of-notre-dame-and-rectory-80002678/"}