{"nrhp_refnum":"80002679","name":"Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Park Ave., 83rd and 84th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.77951124050006,"lon":-73.95880933963636,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of five Jesuit parish and school buildings on Park Avenue and East 83rd and 84th Streets in Yorkville on Manhattan's Upper East Side, built between 1882 and 1917. It includes the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, the Parish House, Loyola School, St. Ignatius Loyola Parochial School and Regis High School.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the five buildings are significant for their architectural merit and for the role they played in the Yorkville community. The church, designed by Schickel & Ditmars, adapts late Italian Renaissance models to an earlier Gothic-intended basement. Regis High School, by Maginnis & Walsh, is cited as a fine example of classic monumentality combined with functional school planning.","narrative":"Five buildings on Manhattan's Upper East Side make up the Jesuit complex of St. Ignatius Loyola in Yorkville. The parish was founded in 1851 among Irish immigrants, and the Jesuits took over its care in the 1860s. The church began as a basement structure in 1884-1886, designed by William Schickel as the base for a Gothic building. By 1895 tastes had shifted, and Schickel & Ditmars added a neoclassical upper church, completed in 1898 and based on late Italian Renaissance models. Its interior was later enriched with marble, mosaics, bronze and gold. Nearby stand the 1882 Parish House, the 1901 Loyola School, the 1908 parochial school and Regis High School, built 1913-1917 by Maginnis & Walsh with Ionic columns on its street facades. Together the buildings show varied styles and record the growth of a major Jesuit community in New York.","period_of_significance":"1882 - 1917","architect_builder":"Schickel & Ditmars; Maginnis & Walsh","architectural_style":"Neoclassical / late Italian Renaissance (church); Italian Renaissance palazzo style (Loyola School); classical monumentality (Regis High School)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent and altered; buildings are occupied and in religious and educational use, with the Parish House serving as a residence for parish priests.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.935532-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002679.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002679/7084793735-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002679/7084793735-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loyola-complex.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof</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:Loyola-complex.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000588","name":"Park Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/park-avenue-historic-district-10000588/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319387","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Ignatius_Loyola_(New_York_City)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10927936"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/church-of-st-ignatius-loyola-complex-80002679/"}