New York Architecture Images- Park Slope, Brooklyn St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church Landmark |
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architect |
Parfitt Brothers |
location |
116 Sixth Ave., bet. Sterling and Park Places. W side. |
date |
1897. |
style |
Romanesque Revival |
type |
Church |
construction |
Brownstone |
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Sixth
Avenue is one of Park Slope’s grandest streets, block after block
containing rows of amazingly preserved brownstones. St. Augustine’s
fills a role as a rich and monumental counterpoint to such streetscape
neighbors. The crusty tower, with its mottled rock-face brownstone,
anchors a nave with finials and fleche, presenting an elegant angel
Gabriel. |
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with thanks to "The AIA Guide to New York", |