Lawrence J. O'Connor, FAIA (d. 1900) was an American architect who designed a number of churches, schools, convents and rectories in New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. He was a named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1892.

Architectural practice

Many of his important buildings have been lost over the years. One particularly tragic loss was that of St. Agnes' Church (Manhattan) on 42nd Street, Manhattan, which has since been rebuilt in a similar but more modern style.

Works include

Holy Cross Church (Manhattan) Holy Cross Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 329 West 42nd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, near Times Square and across the street from the Port Authority Bus ...

School (1887) located behind the church at 332 West 43rd Street, p.254 (and renovations of original church by Henry Engelbert) * Holy Cross School (Manhattan) * Annunciation Church (Morristown, New Jersey) * Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church (Manhattan) * St. Veronica's Church (Manhattan) Rectory *

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Syracuse, New York) The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse, New York is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. It is the seat of the Bishop of Syracuse, currently Douglas Lucia. History The church was initially constructed i ...

(originally St. Mary Church, renovated for Cathedral use in 1904 by Archimedes Russell) * St. Agnes' Church (Manhattan), (burned in 1992, elements of the O'Connor building were retained in the new church of 1998 including 2 exterior towers) *

St. Joseph's Church (Manhattan) A number of churches and basilicas are named after Saint Joseph. Cathedrals are listed separately at St. Joseph's Cathedral. Notable churches include: Belarus *St. Joseph Church, Minsk Bosnia and Herzegovina *Saint Joseph's Church, Sarajevo ...

(demolished) * St. Leo's Church (New York City), Manhattan, demolished

David W. Dunlap David W. Dunlap (born 1952) is an American journalist who worked as a reporter for ''The New York Times''. He wrote a regular column, Building Blocks, that looked at the New York metropolitan area through its architecture, infrastructure, spaces, a ...

,
From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship
'. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.) p. 221. *

St. Mary's Church (Manhattan) The Church of St. Mary is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 438–440 Grand Street between Pitt and Attorney Streets in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Esta ...

(renovations) * St. Michael's Church (completed 1894 on W. 31st St. in Manhattan, it was later disassembled and reconstructed on W. 34th St. as a result of the building of Pennsylvania Station) https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152342/http://www.stmichaelnyc.org/multimedia/church-of-st.-michael-centennial-book * Immaculate Conception Church (Yonkers, New York) * Resurrection Church (Rye, New York), demolished and replaced by a church of the same name built to the designs of

Henry V. Murphy Henry V. Murphy (1888–1960) was an American architect who specialized in Catholic churches and schools. Murphy was born in the Horseheads (village), New York, village of Horseheads, near Elmira, New York and graduated from the Pratt Institu ...

) * St. Patrick's Church, Washington, DC * St. Columbkille Church, Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts, built 1871-80Historic Area Detail: BOS.JT
Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oconnor, Lawrennce J. Year of birth missing 1900 deaths Architects from New York (state) American ecclesiastical architects Architects of Roman Catholic churches Architects of cathedrals Fellows of the American Institute of Architects 19th-century American architects