Roman Catholic
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
parish church
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in the
Diocese of Brooklyn
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located at 279 E. 17th St. in
Flatbush, Brooklyn
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,
New York, New York
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. The church was built in 1923 in the Late Gothic Revival style. It is built of granite with
limestone
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trim. It consists of a tall, clerestoried
nave
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with gable roof, lower flat-roofed side aisles, transepts,
chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
Ove ...
, and a tall
bell tower
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. Attached to the church is a
rectory
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Function
A clergy house is typically ow ...
(1923) and school (1914). ''See also:''
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2007.The
New York Landmarks Conservancy
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Peragallo Pipe Organ Company The Peragallo Pipe Organ Company of Paterson, New Jersey, United States, was founded in 1918 by John Peragallo Sr., who, prior to founding the company, apprenticed with the E.M. Skinner Organ Company (now Aeolian-Skinner). A family company, Peragal ...
of
Paterson, NJ
Paterson ( ) is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.NYC American Guild of Organists website As of April 6, 2018, the Director of Music is Dr. Alfred E. Cresci, himself a 1968 graduate of Holy Innocents School.
The organ is primarily used for the Saturday 5pm Mass in English, the Sunday 8am Mass in English, the 9:30am Mass in Spanish and the 11:30am Mass in English. The English Adult Choir which is heavily dependent on the organ for choral accompaniment, is one of the longest running in Brooklyn, beginning its existence in 1973.
In popular culture
The Holy Innocents Church appeared in several episodes of the AMC television show ''
Mad Men
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'' as the church that character
Peggy Olson
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