Initially constructed in 1897 and dedicated on Thanksgiving Day, St. Dominic Church was evaluated and inventoried in 1986 by Kurt E. Kahofer. I found his notes on the building to be full of interesting facts that may not be commonly known among Oyster Bay residents. Looking at his notes has inspired us at the OBHS to expand upon our earlier blogs about buildings that have historical meaning to Oyster Bay. Look for these in the months to come. The folks at the Main Street Association explain that St. Dominic Church was “built in the Gothic Revival style…[and] inside is a Hook and Hastings Opus tracker organ, installed in 1901.” Mr Kahofer report offers even more details:
St Dominic Church is located on the highest point in the village of Oyster Bay, in a residential section largely of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. St. Dominic church is built of “salt and pepper” Connecticut granite, quarried in Greenwich and randomly laid….In 1899 the interior of the church was redecorated in oil paint by an artist formerly associated with Tiffany Studios. Done in muted blues, reds, greens, and golds, the painted designs adorn the ribs and roof trusses. The same year, three windows were installed in the apse. 
The stained glass windows were probably made by Hardman Studio of Birmingham, England, for in 1900 a memorial window depicting the Virgin Giving the Rosary to St. Dominic was installed in the church from that studio. Two stained glass windows, one depiction the Good Samaritan and one depicting the Resurrection, were installed in May of 1905. Those windows were crafted in Munich, Bavaria.
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