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Ceremony Celebrating the
Listing of the Lisanti Family Chapel on
the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places Thursday,
June 6, 2002
11:00
AM 740 East 215th Street between Holland and Barnes Avenues Williamsbridge, the Bronx Constructed in 1905 by immigrant baker
and peddler Francesco Lisanti, this private Roman Catholic chapel was once
the spiritual center for the Lisanti family and the neighborhood’s once large
Italian community. Weekly mass
and sacramental rites of passage, including baptisms, weddings, and wakes,
were celebrated here. The chapel, with
its rough-hewn granite exterior and open bell tower topped by a metal
filigree cross, is a rare example of Italian American vernacular religious
architecture in the United States.
The interior is a testimony to immigrant artisan skills and decorative
work, seen in the wood lattice altar screen, the altar’s tiled floor, the
faux marble, and the original paintings of religious scenes. Closed since the 1970s, the chapel
will be open to the public for this event. Please join:
Directions from
Manhattan: By
subway: take the 5 train (Wakefield/241st Street) to
Gun Hill Road, exit to right of token booth, walk to 215th Street, turn
right. By
car: Henry Hudson Parkway (North-East), Exit 24,
bear right onto Mosholu Parkway, bear left onto Gun Hill Road; turn left onto
White Plains Road; turn right onto E 215th Street. For further information call
(212) 642-2042
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