Church of the Holy Innocents (Brooklyn, New York)

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Church of the Holy Innocents
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Location279 E. 17th St., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates 40°38′39″N73°57′46″W / 40.64417°N 73.96278°W / 40.64417; -73.96278 Coordinates: 40°38′39″N73°57′46″W / 40.64417°N 73.96278°W / 40.64417; -73.96278
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1914
ArchitectHelmle and Corbett
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference # 05000617 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 16, 2005

Church of the Holy Innocents is a historic Roman Catholic parish church in the Diocese of Brooklyn located at 279 E. 17th St. in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The church was built in 1923 in the Late Gothic Revival style. It is built of granite with limestone trim. It consists of a tall, clerestoried nave with gable roof, lower flat-roofed side aisles, transepts, chancel, and a tall bell tower. Attached to the church is a rectory (1923) and school (1914). [2]

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Flatbush, Brooklyn Neighborhood in Brooklyn in New York City

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1] [3]

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The organ at Holy Innocents Church was built in 1922 by the Ernest M. Skinner Organ Company of Boston, Massachusetts as their Opus 390 3 manuals, 33 stops, 32 ranks. The instrument was rebuilt in 2005 by the Peragallo Pipe Organ Company of Patterson, NJ. [4] As of April 6, 2018, the Director of Music is Dr. Alfred E. Cresci, himself a 1968 graduate of Holy Innocents School.

Ernest Martin Skinner was one of the most successful American pipe organ builders of the early 20th century. His electro-pneumatic switching systems advanced the technology of organ building in the first part of the 20th century.

The Peragallo Pipe Organ Company of Paterson, New Jersey, United States, was founded in 1918 by John Peragallo Sr., who, prior to founding the company, apprenticed with the E.M. Skinner Organ Company. A family company, Peragallo Pipe Organ Company was run by Peragallo Sr., and then by John Peragallo Jr. until his death in 2008. The company now is headed by John III and Frank Peragallo, joined by their sons, John IV and Anthony.

The organ is primarily used for the Saturday 5pm Mass in English, the Sunday 8am Mass in English, the 9:30am Mass in Spanish and the 11:30am Mass in English. The English Adult Choir which is heavily dependent on the organ for choral accompaniment, is one of the longest running in Brooklyn, beginning its existence in 1973.

The Holy Innocents Church appeared in several episodes of the AMC television show Mad Men as the church that character Peggy Olsen attended.

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