{"nrhp_refnum":"88001345","name":"St. Rose Roman Catholic Church Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lake Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lima","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.901832831000036,"lon":-77.61098313699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["European","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of four contributing buildings and one non-contributing garage on Lake Avenue in the village of Lima, Livingston County, New York: St. Rose Church (1870-73), Brendan Hall (1894, a former parochial school), a rectory and a former convent. Church and school are attributed to A.J. Warner.","why_significant":"The complex is presented as an architecturally and historically significant group of nineteenth-century religious buildings. It illustrates the strength of Lima's Irish immigrant community, whose neighborhood was known as \"Dublin.\" The church and school are distinguished examples of large-scale public architecture in a rural village and are attributed to regionally prominent architect A.J. Warner.","narrative":"Along Lake Avenue in the village of Lima stands a cluster of church buildings that once anchored an Irish Catholic neighborhood known locally as \"Dublin.\" The group includes St. Rose Church, built 1870-73, a large red brick building mixing Romanesque Revival, Italianate and Gothic details, with a rose window and a corbelled, bracketed cornice. Nearby is Brendan Hall, a brick former parochial school and auditorium from 1894 with a corner tower and steep, irregular roofline. Both are attributed to architect A.J. Warner. A rectory and former convent, both altered but still showing their original form, complete the group, along with a modern garage that does not contribute. The church interior retains its original plan, pews and altar, plus decoration added in 1898 and 1909. The complex was listed for its architecture and for what it shows about the religious, educational and social life of Lima's Irish community in the nineteenth century.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"A.J. Warner (attributed)","architectural_style":"Eclectic: Romanesque Revival, Italianate and Gothic-inspired (church); Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival (Brendan Hall); Italianate (former convent)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Property is marked occupied and in use for religious purposes; the church and former school retain a high degree of integrity, though the convent and rectory have been altered with modern siding and other changes. The upper floor of Brendan Hall has been partitioned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.660649-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88001345.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001345/8ee46045f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001345/8ee46045f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Rose_Roman_Catholic_Church_Complex.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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._Rose_Roman_Catholic_Church_Complex.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318690","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Rose_Roman_Catholic_Church_Complex_(Lima,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591633"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/st-rose-roman-catholic-church-complex-88001345/"}