Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, is currently located at 2900 McCarran Way in Sparks, Nevada, United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno.
Immaculate Conception Church | |
_from_SW_1.JPG) View from southwest, across Pyramid Way | |
   | |
| Location | 2900 McCarran Way, Sparks, Nevada |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°32′18.35″N 119°45′9.3″W / 39.5384306°N 119.752583°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1932 |
| Architect | DeLongchamps, Frederick J. |
| Architectural style | Mediterranean Revival |
| MPS | Architecture of Frederick J. DeLongchamps TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001700[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 23, 1992 |
History
editThe former location on Prater Way in Sparks, Nevada was a brick Roman Catholic church that was built in 1932 to replace an earlier church that was built in 1905 but destroyed by a fire in 1930.[2][3] It was designed by prolific Nevada architect Frederic J. DeLongchamps (1882-1969) in Mediterranean Revival architecture.[1][2]
It was used as a Catholic church as late as 2004 when construction on a larger building was completed and the parish moved to current location.[4] When the older building on Prater Way, Sparks, Nevada was photographed in 2014, it was operating under the name "Iglesia Cristiana Monte Sinai".[5]
The older church building on Prater Way was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1] The building was deemed significant as the oldest surviving Catholic church in Sparks, as one of the first built in Nevada after the state became a diocese under 1931 decree of Pope Pius XI, and architecturally as a relatively rare use of Mediterranean Revival style in Nevada and "one of the many outstanding works" of DeLongchamps.[6]: 6
Its original form is "somewhat obscured" by a 1970 addition of a vestibule and porch on the front, added to provide handicapped access, but the addition was designed to be compatible architecturally.[6]
The newer location had further construction in 2006 to build a Faith Foundation building in the east end of the parking lot. That construction was completed in 2007.
Gallery
edit-
Interior of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church during eucharistic adoration -
Detail of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sparks, Nevada tabernacle and eucharist adoration in a monstrance. -
Eucharistic Adoration during Day of the Dead 2017 -
Day of the Dead 2017 - interior of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sparks Nevada -
Detail of Day of the Dead 2017 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sparks Nevada -
Praying during visit of Our Lady of Fatima -
Our Lady of Fatima at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sparks Nevada -
Icon of Thetokos of Tikhvin - Mother of God at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sparks Nevada
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Nicoletta, Julie (2000). Buildings of Nevada. Oxford University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-19-514139-9.
- ^ Chiat, Marilyn J. (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community. John Wiley & Sons. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-471-14502-8.
- ^ "Our History". Immaculate Conception Church.
- ^ See photo
- ^ a b Ana Beth Koval, Patricia Lawrence-Dietz and Lucy Scheid (September 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Immaculate Conception Church". National Park Service. and accompanying six photos
_address.JPG){kind=link}
External links
edit