St. Ambrose - Endicott, NY
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N 42° 06.018 W 076° 02.875
18T E 413349 N 4661443
The church was dedicated June 20, 1909.
Waymark Code: WMW27P
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2017
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"St. Ambrose Parish began in 1908 as a mission parish from St. James. Our first pastor was Rev. Ambrose M. Dwyer, then also the pastor of St. James. He named our parish for his patron saint. The parish at this time was said to number 25 families (mostly Irish settlers who moved north from Pennsylvania)...On July 12, 1908, the cornerstone of our church was blessed by the Most Rev. Patrick A. Ludden—the first bishop of the Syracuse Diocese...The building was dedicated on June 20, 1909, but installation of stained glass windows continued through at least 1913...By the time the third pastor was named to St. Ambrose, Rev. James P. McPeak, the church underwent a major expansion from 1922-1923 to be able to house all the parishioners. A beautiful pillared sanctuary was added, making the shape of the building in the form of a cross, with apse for a headpiece, the transepts for arms and the nave for longer sections."