Audubon Park Historic District

AP

Occasionally, the church is open and you may explore the inside.  The interior is exquisite.  From today's lower vestibule, stairs lead another vestibule on the upper level and then into the church, where a magnificent lamp, which King Alfonso of Spain presented in when the church was new in 1912, dominates.  Above it is a splendid stained-glass skylight.  Along either side are three stained glass windows, though many lack sufficient sunlight to fully illuminate them.  To the right of the altar is a painting of Jesus and Joseph, executed and presented by the famous Spanish artist Sorolla, whose magnificent murals are on display in the Hispanic Society.  Zuologa, another Spanish artist, promised to paint a picture of the Virgin, Our Lady of Hope, which was to be hung behind the altar, but he died before he could complete it. 

New York Times

April 14, 1919

Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza in 1919