The St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church designed by Raymond Francis Almirall of Ingles & Almirall and built c. 1899 in Glen Cove. Click HERE for a complete history on the church. Click HERE to see the church on google earth and HERE on bing.
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I did a quick search of ‘church’ to see what other churches Zach has posted & this one is by far the most imposing (it’s imposing even without comparison). The whole entrance/steeple section looks like a person towering over you demanding reverence … at least from this angle … in Bing not so much. I noticed the big cross atop the steeple has been replaced by something else & the building complex has been considerably expanded – thankfully, in a matching style.
Just discovered your blog and love it - thank you for all you've posted. I grew up in Garden City and moved out of NY over 20 years ago but still get homesick for the area.
I think the cross is still there atop the steeple. It looks like it might be something else, from certain angles, but when I looked at it from each side on Bing, it did appear to be the same simple cross.
I went looking for the cross -- Anon 11:45pm you are correct -- & this time noticed the church has either brownstone or reddish granite trim but in the postcard version it does not. I wonder if this 'adjustment' was a color printing issue or maybe changing tastes. Anyone know?
Great AA meetings there, Sunday and aWesnesday nights
For a more detailed history on this church's construction, http://www.glencoveheritage.com/stpatsbells.pdf
On postcard colors: While the master photographs for these postcards were taken by local photographers - in Glen Cove, mostly by a chap named Henry Otto Korten of Sea Cliff - the actual printing and colorizing was done in Germany at that time. Since the Germans hadn't seen the structures involved, there is a considerable latitude in the colors depicted.
Great photo thanks. There is a school/convent to the left of the church with a cloister in the same style. Though a new convent not of the same style was built later in back of the church. These structures form a unique landmark. I wish that there was funding made a available to have it lit up at night along with the First Presbyterian Church on Forest Avenue which is another of Glen Cove's unique architectural treasures.
Does anyone have more information about this parisn and its more recent history i.e. 70s, 80s 90s?
The interior of the church was renovated in the 1980's; at the same time the front entrance was altered, the former front door at the top of a steep flight of stairs was replaced with a window and more accessible doors on each side are now used, one is at the end of long masonry ramp which runs along the north side of the church.
The school next to the church is All Saints Regional Catholic School. It as formed in 1990 when the schools formerly at the parishes of St. Patrick, St. Boniface, St. Hyacinth and St. Mary were amalgamated to form one school. The school building's 100th Anniversary is September 6, 2014, making it the oldest Catholic school building on the Gold Coast. A two year celebration is planned from September, 2014 to June, 2016 to mark the 25th school year of ASR and the 100th year of Catholic school education at the site, as well as both anniversaries.
The first renovation began in the late 1960's and finished around 1974. Paintings inside the church of the Apostles were altered as was the beautiful alter rail. Later renovations removed the Apostles altogether and took off plaster from interior walls and downsized the original alter in. addition to removing the original confessionals. Many parishioners were upset with the change and moved over to St. Rocco's a short distance away. My fathers family dated back to the beginning of the church in the mid 1800's and several members blamed the "New People" for destroying what they felt was a beautiful church interior. The one thing that remains and is, perhaps the most beautiful on Long Island are the stained glass windows which were made in Austria. Even with the changes St. Patricks remained my "home" in my mind even though I had moved to another town for a short period and attended other churches. I later returned to this parish and feel at home there in the original church where I received my first sacraments and served as an alter boy. There is also a beautiful pipe organ that moves you when you hear it in its glory.
Does anyone have pictures of the interior before the renovations? I can’t find any and am very curious what the old high altar with altar rail would have looked like
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