Decker's Chapel
Decker's Chapel | |
Decker's Chapel, April 2010 | |
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Location | Jct. Earth Rd. and PA 255, St. Marys, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 41°24′3″N 78°33′39″W / 41.40083°N 78.56083°WCoordinates: 41°24′3″N 78°33′39″W / 41.40083°N 78.56083°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1856 |
Architect | Decker, Michael |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 98001367[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 12, 1998 |
Decker's Chapel is a historic chapel on Earth Road and PA 255 in St. Marys, Elk County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Erie.
Description[]
It was built in 1856 and is a one-story gable-end oriented and clapboard clad wood frame structure. It measures 12 feet by 18 feet and contains a single, plastered room. It features a rectangular steeple with an open belfry capped with a cross tipped, pyramidal roof. Also on the property is a granite commemorative marker dedicated in 1928 to Monsignor Michael Joseph Decker.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
Gallery[]
View showing marker dedicated in 1928 to Monsignor Michael Joseph Decker, April 2010
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Retrieved 2010-04-10. Note: This includes David L. Taylor (May 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Decker's Chapel" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-04-10. and "Accompanying Photo".[permanent dead link]
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Categories:
- Roman Catholic churches in Pennsylvania
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Churches in Elk County, Pennsylvania
- St. Marys, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Elk County, Pennsylvania