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Lisanti Chapel

Coordinates: 40°52′48″N 73°51′46″W / 40.88000°N 73.86278°W / 40.88000; -73.86278
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Lisanti Chapel
Lisanti Chapel is located in New York City
Lisanti Chapel
Lisanti Chapel is located in New York
Lisanti Chapel
Lisanti Chapel is located in the United States
Lisanti Chapel
Location740 E. 215th St., Bronx, New York
Coordinates40°52′48″N 73°51′46″W / 40.88000°N 73.86278°W / 40.88000; -73.86278
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1905
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.01001447[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 2002

Lisanti Chapel is a historic chapel at 740 E. 215th Street, Bronx, New York in the Williamsbridge neighborhood of The Bronx.

It was built in 1905 by Francesco Lisanti, an Italian Immigrant,[2] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

The chapel has pointed-arched window and door openings and various other subtle Gothic Revival details with a Southern Italian character; the date plaque is inscribed: "F LISANTI IN DEVOZIONE DELL IMMACOLATA PER SE E FAMIGLIA ERESSE 1905"[3]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "The Lisnati Family Chapel". by Joseph Sciorra, New York Folk Lore Society. Fall–Winter 2001. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
  3. ^ Norval White and Elliot Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City, rev. ed., (New York: Collier Books, 1978), p.358.