Historical Photographs

From the Archives of the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

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The Reverend Thomas McKee Brown, First Rector of Saint Mary's (1870-1898)

The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin was formerly located on 45th Street, where the Booth Theatre now stands.

The interior of the "old Saint Mary's" on 45th Street

The Choir at "old Saint Mary's" on 45th Street

An architect's concept of the present Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

An architect's concept of the present Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

An architect's concept of the present Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

The construction of Saint Mary's on 46th Street in 1895

The "new Saint Mary's" church in 1896

The interior of Saint Mary's in the 1890s

The High Altar in the late 1800s, before the canopy was added over the Crucifix

The exterior of Saint Mary's in 1896

The Reverend George Michael Christian, Second Rector of Saint Mary's (1898–1909)

The front entrance to Saint Mary's in the late 1800s

The Nave of Saint Mary's in the 1890s

The Saint Mary's basketball team in 1906

Saint Mary's choir in 1911

The Altar in Saint Joseph's Hall

The High Altar in the 1930s

The organ loft in 1932

The interior of Saint Mary's in the 1930s

The Reverend Dr. Joseph Gail Hurd Barry, Third Rector of Saint Mary's (1909–1929)

The Reverend Selden Peabody DeLaney, D.D., Fourth Rector of Saint Mary's (1929–1930)

The Reverend Granville Mercer Williams, SSJE, Fifth Rector of Saint Mary's (1930–1939)

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in Saint Joseph's Hall in the 1940s

The Reverend Grieg Tabor, Sixth Rector of Saint Mary's (1939–1964)

The High Altar at Easter, early 1940s

Solemn Mass with the Bishop of Long Island in the 1940s

Armistice Day Solemn Mass in 1944

Wedding in Saint Joseph's Chapel in the 1940s

Baptism at Saint Mary's in the early 1950s, with a Sister from the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity participating

Communion at Saint Mary's in the 1950s in the Lady Chapel

Inside a confessional at Saint Mary's in the early 1950s

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in Saint Joseph's Chapel in the 1940s

Confirmation at Saint Mary's in the 1950s

Funeral in the Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy in the 1950s

Solemn Mass in the 1950s

Easter at Saint Mary's in the early 1950s

A Corpus Christi processional exiting the choir in the 1950s

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in Saint Joseph's Hall in the 1940s

The Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity, worshipping in their chapel on the fourth floor of Saint Mary's Mission House

The interior of Saint Mary's in the 1950s

Saint Mary's clergy visiting the sick in the 1950s

Interior of Saint Mary's in the 1950s

Acolyte Festival at Saint Mary's in 1955

The tympanum over the door of Saint Mary's in the 1950s

Statue in Saint Joseph's Chapel, Saint Mary's, 1950s

Solemn Evensong at Saint Mary's in the 1960s

The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Michael Arthur Ramsey, The Lord Ramsey of Canterbury PC, 100th Archbishop of Canterbury, visiting Saint Mary's in the late 1960s

An artist's rendering of the main doors of Saint Mary's

The Reverend Donald Lothrop Garfield, Seventh Rector of Saint Mary's (1965–1978)

The exterior of Saint Mary's in the 1970s