The present Romanesque Revival brick church was completed in 1887 to the designs of Henry Bruns and is the highest steeple in the Bronx.[1] The school hall was built 1901 to the designs by Anthony F. A. Schmitt.[1] "Built in the days when Germans were the most populous ethnic group in the Bronx and their prominence in the building trades, brewing, and the manufacture of musical instruments was of central importance to the borough's prosperity."[1]
References
^ abcdefghWhite, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City. American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (Fifth ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 823. ISBN978-0-19-538386-7.