St. Barbara's Church (Brooklyn)
The Church of St. Barbara is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, located in northern Brooklyn, New York, in the Bushwick-Ridgewood neighborhood. The parish was established as a national parish to serve the German Catholic community, which later became Italian and then Hispanic by the 1960s.
| The Church of St. Barbara | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Spanish Baroque Revival |
| Town or city | Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Completed | 1910[1] |
| Client | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Helmle and Huberty[1] |
Description
The church was built 1910 to the designs of the architectural firm of Helmle and Huberty.[1] The AIA Guide to New York City wrote that the parish was "named not only for the saint but for the brewer Leonard Eppig's little daughter Barbara — Eppig contributed to the parish. Nearby St. Leonard's had a similar history of naming."[1]
References
- Norval White and Elliot Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City, rev. ed., (New York: Collier Books, 1978), p.462-463.
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