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St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church

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Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location 1409 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Coordinates 39°21′38″N 74°25′41″W / 39.36056°N 74.42806°W
Built 1905
Architect Edwin Forrest Durang, John McShain
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP reference No. 01000039[1]
NJRHP No. 395[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 2, 2001
Designated NJRHP December 12, 2000

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church is a historic Catholic church in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1905 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 2, 2001, for its significance in architecture.[3] It is one of four churches of the Parish of Saint Monica in the Diocese of Camden.

Description

St. Nicholas of Tolentine's 1916 Moller pipe organ (Opus 2138) was rebuilt by Peragallo in 2006 and will be restored over the course of the next several years. The organ at St. Nicholas is one of the busiest in the country, playing at all Masses, at several choir rehearsals per week, and at a host of weddings, funerals, and concerts.

At each of the eleven regularly scheduled Masses, the post-Vatican II Mass is celebrated with music.

John P. O'Neill, an American counter-terrorism expert, working for the FBI, and killed in the September 11 attacks, once served as an altar boy in this church His funeral was held at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Hamilton, NJ. He was buried on September 28, 2001

See also

References

  1. Back to citation "National Register Information System – (#01000039)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Back to citation "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Atlantic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2021. p. 3.
  3. Back to citation Berkey, Joan (October 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church". National Park Service. With accompanying 12 photos
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