Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/3/3
Title
Cradle of the Church in New York / St. Peter’s Church
Date(s)
- c.1923 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p.; clipping
Context area
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A clipping of an article providing a short historical profile of St. Peter’s Church on Barclay Street, the oldest Catholic parish in New York City. It credits Rev. Charles Whelan, an Irish Capuchin and former chaplain in Admiral De Grasse’s fleet (recommended by Lafayette), with leasing the land where the church stands in the summer of 1785.