St. Mary's Church (Albany, New York)
| St. Mary's Church | |
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West elevation and south profile, 2009
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| Basic information | |
| Location |
10 Lodge Street Albany, NY, USA |
| Geographic coordinates | 42°39′6″N 73°45′10″W / 42.65167°N 73.75278°W |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Country | United States of America |
| Year consecrated | 1870 |
| Status | Active |
| Leadership |
Pastor: The Rev. John T. Provost Pastor Emeritus: The Rev. James L. LeFebvre Deacon: George Witko |
| Website | Historic St. Mary's Church |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Charles C. Nichols, Frederick Brown |
| Architectural style | Italian Romanesque Revival (exterior); Mannerist/French Gothic Revival (interior) |
| Groundbreaking | 1867 |
| Completed | 1867 |
| Construction cost | $100,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Direction of façade | west |
| Height (max) | 175 feet (53 m) |
| Spire(s) | 1 |
| Materials | brick and stone |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Added to NRHP | July 14, 1977 |
| NRHP Reference no. | 77000933 |
St. Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic house of worship on Lodge Street in downtown Albany, New York, United States. It is a brick structure with an Italian Romanesque Revival exterior. Built in the 1860s, it is the third church to house the oldest Catholic congregation not only in the city but in all of upstate New York. In 1977 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places; it is also a contributing property to the Downtown Albany Historic District, listed on the Register several years later.
It was established in the late 18th century. Early in the next century, the first church was built on the present location when the city donated the land. It is supposedly on a spot where St. Isaac Jogues took shelter after escaping from captivity in the early 17th century.
Some important figures in the American Church visited or were associated with it. John McCloskey, the first bishop of Albany and later the first American-born cardinal, made it his procathedral briefly. John Neumann, later a saint, celebrated a Mass there as a newly ordained priest. Clarence A. Walworth, a convert from Episcopalianism who was the first advocate for the sainthood of Kateri Tekakwitha, among other contributions to the Church, was pastor of St. Mary's for most of the late 19th century, and responsible for much of the look of the current building, inside and out.
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