The Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy House at 406–412 East 14th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A in the East Village neighborhood of

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were built in 1894–1896 by Grace Church, one of the most prominent Episcopal churches in the city at the time. The buildings were a free chapel – meaning there was no

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, p.69 – called Grace Chapel and a connected Grace Hospital, which could serve 16 senior citizens and 10 children, and was physically connected to the chapel by a bridge, so that patients could be wheeled to services. They were designed by

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. The firm was working at the same time on the Church of the Holy Trinity in Yorkville, which was also designed in the same style. Grace Chapel has stained-glass windows by

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and

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. In 1943 both buildings were sold to the

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, and were converted for the use of the Immaculate Conception Church, founded in 1855, as a sanctuary and Clergy House., p.210 The buildings were designated a

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in 1966, and were added to the

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in 1980.

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* Roman Catholic churches in Manhattan Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Roman Catholic churches completed in 1896 19th-century Episcopal church buildings Buildings converted to Catholic church buildings Former Episcopal church buildings in New York City East Village, Manhattan Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) 14th Street (Manhattan) 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States {{Manhattan-church-stub