聖方濟各沙勿略堂 (曼哈頓)
外觀
40°44′18″N 73°59′43″W / 40.738279°N 73.995152°W
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聖方濟各沙勿略堂(St. Francis Xavier Church)是一座羅馬天主教教堂,位於美國紐約市曼哈頓的西16街30-36號(介於第五大道與第六大道之間)。
歷史
[編輯]該堂由來自布朗克斯的福特漢姆村的耶穌會興建於1851年[1][2],由威廉羅德里格設計。1877年3月8日,教堂舉行禮拜時有人喊「火!」,造成恐慌,死亡七人。1878年教堂拆除。1882年目前的新堂啟用,設計者是出生於愛爾蘭,一生設計過數百個教堂的建築師帕特里克查爾斯 Keely [1];教堂的外觀為新巴洛克風格[3],而室內的玻璃花窗為拉斐爾前派風格[4]。
參考文獻
[編輯]- ^ 1.0 1.1 Gray, Christopher. "Streetscapes: West 16th Street; A Side-Street Surprise: A Monumental Church" (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館) New York Times (March 27, 2005)
- ^ Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.326.
- ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot. AIA Guide to New York City 4th. New York: Three Rivers Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., p.192
- ^ "St. Francis Xavier Church" (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館) on NYC Architecture.com