Thomas J. Duff
Thomas J. Duff was an architect noted for his design of a number of religious buildings for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York during its major expansion at the beginning of the 20th century.
His firm was headquartered first at the Metropolitan Building, 1 Madison Avenue,[1] and later at 407 West 14th Street, Manhattan,[2] and in Mount Vernon in Westchester County. Duff was a member of the Architectural League of New York.[3]
Buildings designed by Duff
- The West Side Bank (1906)[4]
- St. Brendan's Church, Williamsbridge (1906).[5]
- Immaculate Conception Church (1908) in Tuckahoe[6]
- St. Francis Friary, Manhattan (1909)[7]
- Incarnation School (Manhattan) (1909).[8]
- St. Lucy's Church (1914–15) on East 104th Street in Manhattan.[9]
- Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church on West 49th Street in Manhattan, Chapel of Saint Genesius (patron saint of actors) 1920.[10]
- Rectory of St. Cecilia Parish (1927) at 125 East 106th Street in Manhattan.
References
- Back to citation Catalogue of the... Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, Volume 9, 1893, p. xx
- Back to citation Office for Metropolitan History
- Back to citation Building: An Architectural Monthly, Volume 10, W. T. Comstock, 1889, p. 76
- Back to citation The New York Architect, Volume 4, Issue 2, 1910
- Back to citation American Architect and the Architectural Review, Volume 89, p. 161
- Back to citation Brennan, Thomas A. Jr. (2003) [1978]. "History of Immaculate Conception Parish".
- Back to citation Architects' and Builders' Magazine, Volume 41, W.T. Comstock, 1909, p. 363
- Back to citation Architecture and Building: 1910/1911, Volume 43, W.T. Comstock Company, 1911.p. 632
- Back to citation "Church of St. Lucy", NYC AGO
- Back to citation Thagard, Gavin and Sara, Marian. "St. Malachy's: The Actors' Chapel." Clio: Your Guide to History. May 5, 2017