page_title: Italians in Syracuse, New York
section_title: Catholic parishes
hierarchical_section_title: Italians in Syracuse, New York / History / Catholic parishes
caption_attribution_description: St. Peter's Italian Catholic Church at 130 North State Street in Syracuse, New York
context_page_description: The Italians in Syracuse, New York number nearly 22,000 and are concentrated around the Little Italy of Syracuse, and the Northside of the city. Italian immigrants first settled in the area of Syracuse, New York beginning in 1883, after working on construction of the West Shore Railroad, that reached from New York City to Buffalo, New York. In Syracuse, they created an Italian-American community made up of immigrants from several regions of Italy and their descendants.
  By 2010, demographics showed that 14.1% of the population in Syracuse was of Italian descent. Many had also settled in Lyncourt, New York, a suburb on the northside of the city.
context_section_description: By March 1897, almost 7,000 Italians lived in Syracuse and most were Catholic. Rev. Dean L. M. Vernon (d. 1896) opened a Methodist mission in rooms of the West Shore Railroad. His work was followed by that of Rev. Antonio Peruzzi. During the summer of 1896, ten gospel meetings were held in Italian districts.
caption: St. Peter's Italian Catholic Church at 130 North State Street, c.1910
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