{"nrhp_refnum":"80002720","name":"St. Jean Baptiste Church and Rectory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1067-1071 Lexington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.772591797000075,"lon":-73.96015996999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Roman Catholic church and adjoining rectory at 1067-1071 Lexington Avenue at 76th Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side, built 1910-13 (church) and 1912-13 (rectory) to designs by architect Nicholas Serracino.","why_significant":"The nomination holds the church up as an outstanding use of classical architectural vocabulary in the neo-Italian Renaissance style, with unified motifs and Baroque-like sculptural detail. In 1912 it was the only neo-Italian Renaissance ecclesiastical building in New York City. It is also the only surviving work in the city by Serracino, and financier Thomas Fortune Ryan funded its construction.","narrative":"St. Jean Baptiste Church and its rectory occupy a corner of Lexington Avenue and 76th Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The church, built 1910-13 to designs by the Italian-trained architect Nicholas Serracino, follows a Latin cross plan and covers its whole site. Its Lexington Avenue front has a pedimented portico with four colossal Corinthian columns, flanked by two domed bell towers, and a large dome rises over the crossing. Inside, barrel vaults, gilded Corinthian capitals, painted relief sculpture and a marble baldacchino give a Baroque richness. The five-story white brick rectory, completed in 1913, restates the Italian palazzo form. Financier Thomas Fortune Ryan donated over $500,000 toward construction. In 1912 it was the only neo-Italian Renaissance church in New York City, and it is the only surviving Serracino work in the city. The nomination values its harmonious use of classical motifs.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1910-13)","architect_builder":"Nicholas Serracino (1910-13); Robert Robbins (1958)","architectural_style":"Neo-Italian Renaissance","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in private ownership, in religious use; the church interior had minor altar alterations in the late 1950s and the rectory interior is greatly altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.751045-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002720.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002720/64e9ef569e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002720/64e9ef569e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Epicgenius","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upper_East_Side_May_2026_17.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:Upper_East_Side_May_2026_17.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"06000822","name":"Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/upper-east-side-historic-district-boundary-increase-06000822/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319933","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Jean_Baptiste_Roman_Catholic_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588533"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/st-jean-baptiste-church-and-rectory-80002720/"}