313 East 10th Street | Block : 404 | Lot #49

St. Brigid’s, which catered mostly to the Irish immigrant population of the East Village, was run by the Sisters of Charity, a Catholic organization of women whose mission includes education, nursing and the care of the poor. At its peak, the school housed about 200 girls and a number of nuns. Sadly, an historic document about the Parish’s history from the Sisters of Charity archive states that eventually, “a change in the neighborhood caused a decline in the Academy and made it impossible to maintain the property without a loss to the Community.” The Academy closed in 1910 and the building was sold in 1920 to a man named Leopold Horowits. Interestingly, the closing of St. Brigid’s did not mean the end for 313 East 10th Street’s religious affiliations. Horowits re-sold the building to a ‘Jerusalem charitable organization’ called Jolel Shomre Hachomos, and the address is listed as the organization’s headquarters in a 1926 New York Times obituary for its President, Rev. Dr. Philip Klein. In 1947, the building was sold to the Slovak Social Welfare Club.

Block : 404 / Lot : 049 / Building Date : 1847; 1892 (alteration) / Original Owner : William H. Delavan / Original Use : Residential / Original Architect : James C. Whitlock; Frank Baylies (1892)