National Register of Historic Places

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church

Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Listed
February 2, 2001
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
01000039

About this property

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church is a historic Catholic church in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1905 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 2, 2001, for its significance in architecture. It is one of four churches of the Parish of Saint Monica in the Diocese of Camden. 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 His funeral was held at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Hamilton, NJ. He was buried on September 28, 2001 National Register of Historic Places listings in Atlantic County, New Jersey

Location

1409 Pacific Ave.
Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey
39.36075, -74.42759

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church listed on the National Register?

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 2, 2001.

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St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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