The Church of the Sacred Heart, is a Catholic church in Richmond, Virginia that was built in 1901. The congregation was initially Irish and German.[3]
The Church of the Sacred Heart | |
 The Church of the Sacred Heart in 2011. | |
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| Location | 1401 Perry St., Richmond, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°31′21″N 77°26′57″W / 37.52250°N 77.44917°W |
| Area | 0.7 acres (0.28 ha) |
| Built | 1901 |
| Architect | McGuire, Joseph Hubert, Sitterding, Fritz |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001368[1] |
| VLR No. | 127-0676 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 20, 2002 |
| Designated VLR | September 11, 2002[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
History
editIn 1901 Sacred Heart Church, designed by Joseph Hubert McGuire, was built using funding provided by Ida Mary Barry Ryan on land purchased in 1876 by Bishop James Gibbons.[4] Ryan and her husbland would later fund construction of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.[5] The first pastor was Rev. Thomas J. Waters.[6]
The parish hosts the South Richmond conference of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- ^ Logan, Mrs John A. (1912). The Part Taken by Women in American History. Perry-Nalle publishing Company. p. 536 – via Wikisource.
- ^ Lafort, Remigius. The Catholic Church in the United States, New York. The Catholic Editing Company. 1914, p. 148
- ^ Lafort, p. 159