The Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori was a Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 308

West Broadway West Broadway is a north-south street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, separated into two parts by Tribeca Park. The northern part begins at Tribeca Park, near the intersection of Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), Walker Stre ...

in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City.

History

It was established as a mission of Most Holy Redeemer in 1847, as a church to serve German-speaking Catholics. The church was at 10 Thompson Street (between Canal and Grand Streets), and the cornerstone of the church was laid by New York's Archbishop John Hughes on September 8, 1847. It remained a mission of Most Holy Redeemer until 1866, when it was elevated to parish status.Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor,
The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.
'. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.310. The church was staffed by the Redemptorist Fathers, and its first pastor was Rev. F. Nicholas Jaeckel. In 1870, the church moved to 308 West Broadway (then South Fifth Avenue), where the cornerstone was laid by Cardinal John McCloskey on September 4, 1870, and dedicated on April 7, 1872. The new church was designed by Francis Hempler in the Romanesque style. By the 1970s the church, which was built on marshy land, was sinking at the rate of about half an inch each year. Due to structural concerns, the parish was closed in October 1979, with the parish records transferred and now housed at St. Anthony of Padua Shrine Church. In 1980, the property was sold and the church demolished in 1981. The Soho Grand Hotel now sits on the site of the church.

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