Photograph of the church
from the early 1990s, before the One Columbus Place and the Two Columbus
Avenue high-rise apartment complexes were
built. The
historic Roosevelt Hospital Operating Theater
is visible in the background. (archival
photo)
The church as it appears today
(photo courtesy Rob Kuhar)
Church of St.
Paul the Apostle:
Built 1876-1884, dedicated January 25, 1885. Architect: Jeremiah O’Rourke,
modified by Rev. George Deshon, CSP.
St. Paul’s is 284 feet long, 121 feet wide with a height of 114 feet to
the highest point of the towers. The Great East Door is 30 feet high and 16 feet
wide. The outer façade is 13 th century old Gothic; the interior contains
features of Byzantine style architecture.
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