St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church is a historic church at 1409 Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1905 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It is one of four churches of The Parish of Saint Monica in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.

Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church
Location within Atlantic County. Inset: Location of Atlantic County within New Jersey.
St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church (New Jersey)
St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church (the United States)
Location1409 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Coordinates39°21′38″N 74°25′41″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1905
ArchitectDurang, Edwin F.; McShain, John
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.01000039[1]
NJRHP No.[2]
Added to NRHPFebruary 02, 2001

Description
Pipe organ in the gallery

St. Nicholas of Tolentine's 1916 Moller pipe organ (Opus 2138) was rebuilt by Peragallo in 2006 and will be restored over the course of the next several years. The organ at St. Nicholas is one of the busiest in the country, playing at all Masses, at several choir rehearsals per week, and at a host of weddings, funerals, and concerts.

At each of the eleven regularly scheduled Masses, the post-Vatican II Mass is celebrated with music.

John P. O'Neill, an American counter-terrorism expert, working for the FBI, and killed in the September 11 attacks, once served as an altar boy in this church and is buried in the churchyard.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Atlantic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2006. Retrieved June 9, 2010.


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