"Church of St. Mary the Virgin"

Erecting this building at the new location was a challenge to the architectural firm of Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, with Pierre LeBrun as the lead designer, because of its size and the location. The LeBrun firm had experience working with steel framing, which is buried within the walls, making it the first church in the world built on a concealed steel skeleton, redefining the conventional methods of church construction. The facade of the church is clad in limestone,while the other buildings in the complex are brick-faced.

The main attraction in this church is the well-preserved Gothic architecture—with vaulting columns ideal for its famous booming organ pipes—along with the splashes of blue and gold added during a ’90s redecoration. The church has been called one of the finest Gothic-inspired designs of New York's late 19th century.