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Our Lady of Esperanza

The Church of Our Lady of Esperanza, 156th Street & Broadway. The Church was built by Archer Huntington at the urging of Doña Manuela de Laverrerie de Barril and designed by Huntington’s brother Charles. The sanctuary lamp was a gift from King Alfonso XIII of Spain. The present façade dates from 1924, when the Church was expanded under the direction of Lawrence G. White, the son of Stanford White of McKim Mead & White and himself a partner in his father’s firm.

Published at 11:59 pm on Sunday 20 April 2008. Categories: Architecture Church New York Tags: , , , .
Comments

And what of the interior?

— Addison Bond 21 Apr 2008 8:30 am

Handsome, though with an infelicitous (but easily fixable) modern altar arrangement.

Somewhat small and cozy actually; it must have felt like little more than a chapel before the expansion.

(I did not have my camera the one time I went inside.)

— Andrew Cusack 21 Apr 2008 12:30 pm

The lady working in the office was happy to let me in when I visited on a weekday around 1 PM.

— J.R. Benedict 22 Apr 2008 12:19 am

Is the first photograph with the stairs, columns, and pediment the original facade?

— Fr. John Farrell 28 Jan 2011 2:55 am

Correct.

— Andrew Cusack 28 Jan 2011 10:05 am

The stars and stripes look out of placein that context. It shows that the heresy of Americanism is alive and well.

— Alberto 29 Jan 2011 12:59 pm

I agree.

— Andrew Cusack 29 Jan 2011 10:35 pm
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