{"nrhp_refnum":"80002681","name":"Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses","other_names":["Grace Chapel and Hospital of Fourteenth St."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"406-414 E. 14th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.73973699800007,"lon":-73.98329305199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic Revival church and two clergy houses at 406-414 East 14th Street in Manhattan, designed in 1894 by Barney & Chapman. The complex was first built as Grace Chapel and Hospital of Fourteenth Street.","why_significant":"The complex is argued to be a superb example of French Gothic Revival architecture with distinctive design and massing. It is one of only two churches in New York City built in that style, the other also by Barney & Chapman. It also reflects social history as a Grace Church mission serving immigrants and the poor.","narrative":"Four blocks east of Union Square, a French Gothic Revival church and two clergy houses stand in contrast to the tenements and storefronts of East 14th Street. New York architects Barney & Chapman designed the group in 1894. The church is built of stone and brown Roman brick, with a rose window above the arched portal, a six-sided chapel, and a freestanding six-story tower. The clergy houses, originally a hospital for the elderly and children, share a low arch framing a small courtyard, and cloisters with Guastavino tile vaulting connect the buildings. Grace Church parish founded the complex as Grace Chapel and Hospital, a free-pew place of worship and mission for Protestant immigrants from northern Europe, offering language classes, music, Sunday School and a gymnasium. It was sold to the Catholic church in 1943 and renamed. Only one other New York church, by the same firm, uses this style, which underlies its architectural importance.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Barney & Chapman","architectural_style":"French Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in religious use; the clergy houses were converted from a hospital into housing, and the original mission buildings were replaced by a convent and school not included in the nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.780885-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002681.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002681/acda30e8a8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002681/acda30e8a8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Epicgenius","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Village_Manhattan_Oct_2025_14.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Epicgenius</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Village_Manhattan_Oct_2025_14.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319397","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_and_Clergy_Houses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5117963"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/church-of-the-immaculate-conception-and-clergy-houses-80002681/"}