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The congregation was organized in 1887 as a mission station by Rev. J.P. Beyer. In 1897, the congregation dedicated a new structure on Knickerbocker Avenue."Services of Dedication: New Synagogue and New Church Opened to Worshipers". Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 20, 1897, 7.

Cornerstone laid 3 October 1937

Catholic services were first held in Southold in 1863. Prior to that, the nearest Catholic parish was St. Andrew's in Sag Harbor. The first church was a converted school on what is now Route 25. Originally there was to be a school on the property as well. The cornerstone of the present St.

b. 27 June 1887 - d. 22 Oct. 1959

Partnership of Patrick C. Keely and his son-in-law, Thomas Houghton. Active as a firm in the 1890s through Keely's death in August, 1896.

St. Camillus parish was established as a mission in 1909; parishioners attended St. Rose of Lima until 1912. Existing building may be an alteration to an earlier structure.

St. Virgilius parish was founded in 1922. Now merged with St. Camilius parish in Rockaway.801

Constructed as P.S. 43; later renamed P.S. 59 (Horace Greeley School). Designed by S. B. Leonard

Samuel B. Leonard served as the Superintendent of Buildings and Repairs for the Board of Education from 1859 to 1879

Top floor removed ca. 1960. Source: Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide, v. 21, no. 532 (May 25, 1878), 467.