St. Paul's Roman Catholic School

1886? - 1974

In 1886, the missionary priests of St. Paul the Apostle Church founded St. Paul's School, an elementary school, on West 60th Street. The school added a secondary division in 1922 and operated until the 1970s, when financial issues forced the Archdiocese of New York to close its doors. In the1960s and 1970s, St. Paul's established pre-school centers funded by Project Head Start under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. As part of the project, Montessori and kindergarten classes sponsored by the school provided students with free lunches and medical and dental care. In addition to pre-school programming, St. Paul's offered after-school services funded by the antipoverty program of the Archdiocese of New York and managed by the Sisters of Charity. In relation to the development of Lincoln Center, a well supported urban renewal project, the church sold off 70 percent of its property, including the school, and sold it to private developers to build middle-income apartments, office spaces, and retail stores.

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Details

Category
School
Instructional Level
Elementary/Grammar School, High School, Pre-Kindergarten
Founder(s)
St. Paul the Apostle Church
Corporate Body
Archdiocese of New York
Tags
parochial, elementary, Catholic, highschool, LincolnCenter

Connections

Location

  • 425 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
    ? - ?

Archival Collections

  • ? - ?
    at The Archives of the Archdiocese of New York
    Sites of Teaching & Learning 3

References

  1. "A Strike Threat and Costs Plague Nonpublic Schools." New York Times (1923-Current File), Sep 04, 1974. http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/docview/120042124?accountid=10226.
  2. Dugan, George. "St. Paul's on 59th St. could be Razed." New York Times (1923-Current File), Nov 19, 1973. http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/docview/119764529?accountid=10226.
  3. Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
  4. "Ex-Fordham Professor Heads Catholic School." New York Times (1923-Current File), Jul 11, 1964. http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/docview/115823957?accountid=10226.
  5. Hammel, Lisa. "Young Tutors Help 5,000 Pupils to Face Life." New York Times (1923-Current File), Mar 29, 1966. http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/docview/117167201?accountid=10226.
  6. Montgomery, Paul L. "Preschool Project Begins at 276 Centers here." New York Times (1923-Current File), Jul 07, 1965. http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/docview/116802944?accountid=10226.
  7. "Paulists and Their Work." The Washington Post (1877-1922), Feb 24, 1906. http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/docview/144612554?accountid=10226.