Mt. Carmel Institute
Parish Center and Institute for Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Astoria, Queens.
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Parish Center and Institute for Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Astoria, Queens.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Convent in Astoria, Queens was originally constructed circa 1891. The convent was enlarged and refaced in a stripped down Moderne style in 1955 under designs by Diocesan architect William Boegel.
The Parish of the Most Precious Blood was founded in 1922, with Edward A. Holran as the first parish priest. The original parishioners were predominantly Irish, German and Italian residents of Long Island City. Fr. James J. Comerford was the priest at the time of the construction of the chuch.
Constructed in 1954-55, this school was one of the later additions to the oldest parish in Queens County.