{"nrhp_refnum":"84002800","name":"St. Vincent Ferrer Church and Priory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"869 and 871 Lexington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.76623719600008,"lon":-73.96476139199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-06-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Roman Catholic church and priory complex at 869 and 871 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, between East 65th and 66th Streets. The priory dates from 1880-81 (William Schickel) and the church from 1916 (Bertram G. Goodhue).","why_significant":"The church and priory are presented as architecturally distinguished examples of Gothic-influenced design from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The priory is a late High Victorian Gothic work with polychromatic effects, and the church is a Neo-Gothic design that Goodhue considered his finest ecclesiastical work. Together they illustrate two phases of American Gothic Revival interest between 1880 and 1916.","narrative":"On the east side of Lexington Avenue between East 65th and 66th Streets in Manhattan, a Roman Catholic complex of four connected buildings occupies a full block site of less than one acre. Two of them, the church and the priory, are the architecturally important parts. The brick priory was designed in 1880 by William Schickel for the Dominican Fathers and is a late, simple example of Victorian Gothic, with red-orange brick, light stone trim, and a slate mansard roof. The limestone church was built in 1916 to designs by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, who was given free rein to replace an inadequate 1867 church. Its Latin cross plan, rose window, twin octagonal towers, and richly detailed interior include sculpture by Lee Lawrie. Together the two buildings show different phases of American Gothic Revival design. The Holy Name Society building (1930) and the school (1948) match the others in scale and style but are not considered to add to the significance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William Schickel (priory); Bertram G. Goodhue (church); sculpture by Lee Lawrie","architectural_style":"High Victorian Gothic (priory); Neo-Gothic / Gothic Revival (church)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, and in religious use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.479844-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002800.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002800/04276310f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002800/04276310f6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_Ferrer_RCC_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_Ferrer_RCC_jeh.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/75319949","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Vincent_Ferrer_(Manhattan)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3866981"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/st-vincent-ferrer-church-and-priory-84002800/"}