Church of Our Lady of Peace

The Church of Our Lady of Peace is a historic Roman Catholic parish church of the Archdiocese of New York, located at 239-241 East 62nd Street[2] between Second and Third Avenues in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

It was built in 1886-87 at the cost of $200,000,[1] and was designed by Samuel A. Warner in the Victorian Gothic style[3][4] for the Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York.

[4] before finally becoming the home of the newly formed Italian Madonna della Pace parish in 1918.

[3][4] The church, which has been called a "gem",[4] is located in the Treadwell Farm Historic District, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967.

[5] Our Lady of Peace was to be merged into the Church of St. John the Evangelist at 348 East 55th Street.