{"nrhp_refnum":"84002796","name":"St. Cecilia's Church and Convent","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"112-120 E. 160th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.79238360100004,"lon":-73.94728710099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-02-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Roman Catholic church and adjoining convent at 112-120 East 106th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan. The church was designed in 1883 and completed in 1887, and the convent was unified behind a single facade in 1907.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that both buildings are handsome Romanesque Revival works in molded brick and terra cotta by well-known architectural firms. Together they make a significant architectural contribution to East Harlem and are tangible reminders of the neighborhood's 19th-century development.","narrative":"Saint Cecilia's Church and Convent occupy a block of East 106th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan. Napoleon LeBrun & Sons designed the church in 1883 as a simplified basilica in the Romanesque Revival style, using textured brick and terra cotta. Its features include a high-relief terra-cotta panel of Saint Cecilia at an organ, a three-arched portico and two octagonal towers. Father Michael Phelan, the pastor, served as general contractor and finished the church in 1887, using parish tradesmen to save money. The convent began as two separate buildings, a tenement house of 1883-84 and a school of 1885-86. In 1906-07 the architects Neville & Bagge joined them behind one unified Romanesque Revival facade. The convent later housed a home for working girls and the Sisters of Mercy, and now the Sisters of Atonement, who run a day care center there. The church has been in continuous use. The buildings are recognized for their architecture and their link to the neighborhood's 19th-century growth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Napoleon LeBrun & Sons (church); Neville & Bagge (convent); Father Phelan acted as general contractor for the church","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Church in continuous use; convent houses the Sisters of Atonement and a first-floor day care center. Occupied; condition marked good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.638811-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002796.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002796/915c526d3f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002796/915c526d3f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St-cecilia-church-nyc.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:St-cecilia-church-nyc.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319927","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Cecilia_Church_and_Convent_(New_York_City)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7587465"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/st-cecilias-church-and-convent-84002796/"}