The Sale of the Century Continues

More and more Catholic properties hit the market. Now it is the former school of the parish of Old St. Patrick’s cathedral. In the 1980’s it was apparent to the outside observer that this school shared the post-Conciliar decadence of so many other Catholic institutions. In 2010,after various vicissitudes, it closed with 129 pupils. Now the building is on the market for $29 million.

It is indeed a splendid building in a magnificent setting. It was erected in 1825 as an orphanage, after a fund raising concert in the cathedral featuring the soon-to-be-world-famous Maria Malibran. A few decades later, one of the first parochial schools in New York moved into the building. Now after nearly 190 years of Catholic use, this magnificent relic of glorious past is up for sale.

See the New York Daily News Article.