Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto

United States historic place
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto, September 2012
40°36′44″N 74°4′31″W / 40.61222°N 74.07528°W / 40.61222; -74.07528
Arealess than one acre
Built1937
ArchitectRusso, Vito
Architectural styleGrotto
NRHP reference No.00001276[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 02, 2000

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto is a national historic district located at 36 Amity Street in Rosebank, Staten Island, New York. It is a historic Roman Catholic grotto designed and constructed by the local Italian American community. Work on the distinctive concrete and stone folk art structure was begun in 1937 and continues to the present. The property includes the grotto, a frame meeting hall dated to about 1920, and contributing landscape features and ancillary structures and objects.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Kathleen A. Howe (August 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-06. See also: "Accompanying 22 photos".

External links

  • Grotto of Our Lady of Mount Carmel website
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