Location: 2370 East Tremont Avenue. Block: 3958, Lot: 80.
Status: Never landmarked or heard.
Description from the Bronx Survey: St. Raymond’s Church, located at the southeast corner of Castle Hill and East Tremont Avenues, was built in 1897 and is a fine example of the Byzantine Revival.
The church is basilican in plan with the transept reflected in the exterior form by low roofs over the aisles and a high stained glass clerestory. The facade is dominated by twin round towers, each composed of a base and an upper open arcade carried by alternating twisted and plain columns with Byzantine capitals. Each tower is flanked by four similar towerlettes.
The center bay of the facade frames a large rose window under a round arch supported by Corinthian columns, while three elaborately carved round-arched doorways separated by sets of columns and pilasters lead into the church from the grand stairway. Set back from behind a small cemetery, St. Raymond’s stands high on a square in a complex of Catholic schools and church buildings.
A rectory mirroring the elaborate Byzantine carving of the church was built in 1935. The complex is visible for some distance and serves as a local landmark for the Parkchester community.
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