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The '''Church of St. Barbara''' is a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] parish church under the authority of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn]], located in northern [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York City]] in the [[Bushwick, Brooklyn|Bushwick]]-[[Ridgewood, Queens|Ridgewood]] neighborhood. The parish was established as a [[national parish]] to serve the [[German American|German]] Catholic community, which later became [[Italian American|Italian]] and then [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] by the 1960s.
The '''Church of St. Barbara''' is a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Parish (Catholic Church)|parish church]] under the authority of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn]], located in northern [[Brooklyn, New York]], in the [[Bushwick, Brooklyn|Bushwick]]-[[Ridgewood, Queens|Ridgewood]] neighborhood. The parish was established as a [[national parish]] to serve the [[German American|German]] Catholic community, which later became [[Italian American|Italian]] and then [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] by the 1960s.


==Description==
The church was built 1910 to the designs of the architectural firm of [[Helme and Huberty]].<ref name=AIA/> The ''[[AIA Guide to New York City]]'' wrote that the parish was "named not only for [[Saint Barbara|the saint]] but for the brewer [[Leonard Eppig]]'s little daughter Barbara— Eppig contributed to the parish. Nearby [[St. Leonard's Church (Brooklyn, New York)|St. Leonard's]] had a similar history of naming."<ref name=AIA/>
The church was built 1910 to the designs of the architectural firm of [[Helmle and Huberty]].<ref name=AIA/> The ''[[AIA Guide to New York City]]'' wrote that the parish was "named not only for [[Saint Barbara|the saint]] but for the brewer [[Leonard Eppig]]'s little daughter Barbara — Eppig contributed to the parish. Nearby [[St. Leonard's Church (Brooklyn, New York)|St. Leonard's]] had a similar history of naming."<ref name=AIA/>


== References ==
== References ==
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* http://bushwickbk.com/2011/04/19/bushwick-baroque-inside-st-barbaras/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20130218043234/http://bushwickbk.com/2011/04/19/bushwick-baroque-inside-st-barbaras/


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Latest revision as of 20:36, 29 January 2021

For other uses, see St. Barbara's Church.
The Church of St. Barbara
Map
General information
Architectural styleSpanish Baroque Revival
Town or cityBushwick, Brooklyn, New York
CountryUnited States
Completed1910[1]
ClientRoman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Design and construction
Architect(s)Helmle and Huberty[1]

The Church of St. Barbara is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, located in northern Brooklyn, New York, in the Bushwick-Ridgewood neighborhood. The parish was established as a national parish to serve the German Catholic community, which later became Italian and then Hispanic by the 1960s.

Description

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The church was built 1910 to the designs of the architectural firm of Helmle and Huberty.[1] The AIA Guide to New York City wrote that the parish was "named not only for the saint but for the brewer Leonard Eppig's little daughter Barbara — Eppig contributed to the parish. Nearby St. Leonard's had a similar history of naming."[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Norval White and Elliot Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City, rev. ed., (New York: Collier Books, 1978), p.462-463.

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