St. Barbara's Roman Catholic Church
Historic site · Bushwick, New York
A Spanish Baroque Revival church completed in 1910 by the architects Helmle and Huberty, founded as a national parish for German Catholic immigrants. It is still an active Roman Catholic parish under the Diocese of Brooklyn.
History
The local brewer Leonard Eppig contributed to the parish, whose name is tied to his daughter Barbara. The congregation shifted from German to Italian to Hispanic over the twentieth century.
Visit
138 Bleecker Street, Brooklyn, NY
Photo "St. Barbara's Roman Catholic Church": Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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