Lawrence J. O'Connor,

FAIA Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) is a postnominal title or membership, designating an individual who has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Fellowship is bestowed by the institute on AIA-member ...

(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

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) * 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 Archimedes Russell (June 13,1840 – April 3, 1915) was an American architect most active in the Syracuse, New York area. Born in Andover, Massachusetts and trained under local architect Horatio Nelson White, Russell served as a professor of ...

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

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,
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) (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) Church of the Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Conception Church, Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception or Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church may refer to: Azerbaijan * Church of the Immaculate Conception, Baku Bosnia and Herzego ...

Resurrection Church (Rye, New York) Church of the Resurrection or Holy Resurrection Church may refer to: * Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, built on the site believed to be the location of the burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ Albania * Holy Resurrection Church, Mbor ...

, demolished and replaced by a church of the same name built to the designs of Henry V. Murphy) * St. Patrick's Church, Washington, DC * St. Columbkille Church,

Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts Brighton is a former town and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, located in the northwestern corner of the city. It is named after the English city of Brighton. Initially Brighton was part of Cambridge, and known as ...

, 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