St. Anselm’s Roman Catholic Church

St. Anselm's Roman Catholic ChurchLocation: 683 Tinton Avenue. Block: 2654, Lot: 1.

Status: Never landmarked or heard.

Description from the Bronx SurveySt. Anselm’s R.C. Church at Tinton Avenue and East 151st Street was  designed in a Neo-Byzantine style probably in 1907 by architect Anton Kloster,  The church was inspired by the great Byzantine monument Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.  The central dome and supporting half domes, the stepped massing, round-arched  openings, and arcaded entry porch are all Byzantine- inspired forms. The church  is an impressive and unusual structure but the detailing is rather poor and  detracts from the overall effect. The use of such exotic motifs reflects the  frequent eclecticism of the early twentieth century.

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