St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex
St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex | |
Church in 2013 | |
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Location | 122-142 S. Wyoming St., Hazleton, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°56′55″N 75°58′20″W / 40.94861°N 75.97222°WCoordinates: 40°56′55″N 75°58′20″W / 40.94861°N 75.97222°W |
Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
Built | 1907-1908, 1925, 1937 |
Architect | Sheridan, Peter B.; DePace, Anthony J. |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 02000889[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 22, 2002 |
St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex is a historic Roman Catholic church complex located at 122-142 S. Wyoming Street in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Scranton.
Description
The St. Gabriel's complex consists of the church (1925), rectory (1907-1908), and former convent (1937). The church is a high French Gothic Revival steel frame building clad in pink granite ashlar with Indiana limestone trim. It features twin bell towers with triple entrance portals at the front facade. The rectory is a three-story, wood frame building in the Colonial Revival style. The convent was designed by noted architect Anthony J. DePace (1892–1977), and is a four-story building clad in granite ashlar and limestone. It was converted to affordable apartments and offices in 1998-1999. The church was founded in 1855.[2] It merged with Annunciation Parish. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Robert Janosov and Lawrence Newman (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-05.