Not to be confused with the Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village or San Giuseppe’s Church (New York City)

San Giuseppe’s Church (New York City)

Not to be confused with St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich Village or St. Joseph of the Holy Family's Church in Manhattan.The Church of San Giuseppe/St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 5 Monroe Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan,...

 in Manhattan.

The Church of St. Joseph of the Holy Family is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond counties in New York City , as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state. There are 480 parishes...

, located at 125th St. at Morningside Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

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, New York City

New York City

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. It is the oldest existing church in Harlem and above 44th Street in Manhattan.

Parish

The parish was established in 1859 or in 1860 for German Catholics. Although the building has remained in one location, street name changes in Harlem have affected the address. The address listed in 1892 was at 125th Street and the corner of 9th Avenue.

Architecture

Built before the American Civil War

American Civil War

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, the modest Romanesque

Romanesque Revival architecture

Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...

 red brick church was built and dedicated in 1860. It was enlarged in 1871 and altered 1889 by the Herter Brothers. "The window over the entrance was turned into a statuary niche for St. Joseph who can be seen standing over the 125th Street with the infant Jesus in his arms."

School

"For a time, an affiliated school and convent were housed in the former Manhattanville Presbyterian Church, a Greek Reival sanctuary directly behind St. Joseph." The parish school was among 27 closed by Archbishop Dolan in the Archdiocese of New York on 11th of January 2011.