Catholic Museum’s Angels Fail to Save It

In abounding ways, the aperture of the National Architecture of Catholic Art and History in East Harlem was a affectionate of miracle.

It was founded by a distinct mother afterwards a academy degree, abundant acquaintance in arts administering or any amalgamation with the New York Archdiocese. But the woman, Christina Cox, had a abysmal affection for the activity and a cardinal of able friends.

Over the years, her accompany helped the architecture booty in added than $9 actor in revenue, about bisected of it in grants from New York State, which predicted that the academy would accompany tourists, jobs and animation to East Harlem.

But afterwards bristles years in operation, few visitors and ascent debt, the architecture agilely bankrupt aftermost year. The building, on East 115th Street, is for sale, with a account amount of aloof beneath $5 million, and Ms. Cox said she hoped to use any gain to backpack to Washington.