Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Church (Queens)

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Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish is a historic Roman Catholic parish church complex in the Diocese of Brooklyn, located at 94-40 118th Street in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York City.

Description

The complex consists of the church, rectory / parsonage, school, and cloister. The church was designed in 1916 by architect Thomas Henry Poole (1860–1919) and completed in 1919. It is a large brick Romanesque-style building in the basilican plan. It features a standing seam copper-roofed dome and a bell tower. The rectory is a 2+1⁄2-story brick building built in 1939. The cloister also dates to 1939 and connects the rectory to the sanctuary. It features a 1938 statue of the patron Saint Benedict Joseph Labre. The brick school building was built in 1912 and substantially enlarged in 1938–1939.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[2]

References

  1. 1.Virginia L. Bartos (October 2006). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 21, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  2. 2."National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.