Immaculate Conception Church (Rochester, New York)


Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Entrance and steeple
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Location	445 Frederick Douglass St. and 187 and 205 Edinburgh St., Rochester, New York
Coordinates	43°8′47″N 77°37′4″W / 43.14639°N 77.61778°W / 43.14639; -77.61778
Area	2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Architect	Frank Frey; Gordon & Madden
Architectural style	Second Empire, Italianate, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	92000381^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 31, 1992

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church is a historic Catholic church located in Rochester, New York. The larger complex consists of five buildings: the church (1864), former rectory (1871), the former parochial school (1926), the current rectory (ca. 1900), and garage (ca. 1926).^[2]

The church is known as an African-American Catholic parish and the complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]^[3]

Complex
South side
Old rectory, front view
Old rectory, side view
Parochial school, east view
Parochial school, south view

Notable past students[edit]

Mary E. Clarke, director of the Women's Army Corps

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Robert T. Englert (February 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church Complex". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-10-01. See also: "Accompanying 14 photos".
^ "Building Bridges: The Immaculate Conception Church of the Past and Present, Rochester, N.Y. – Digitizing Rochester's Religions". Retrieved 2022-08-14.

External links[edit]

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