St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Bowling Green, Kentucky)
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church | |
Location | 434 Church St., Bowling Green, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 37°0′6″N 86°26′49″W / 37.00167°N 86.44694°WCoordinates: 37°0′6″N 86°26′49″W / 37.00167°N 86.44694°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1859 |
Architect | Kister, Frank Sr.; Kister, Frank Jr. |
Architectural style | Gothic, Italianate, High Victorian Gothic |
NRHP reference No. | 75000840[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 3, 1975 |
The St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky, is a historic church at 434 Church Street. It was built in 1859 and added to the National Register in 1975. It has also been known as St. Joseph's Church.[1]
It was built from 1870 to 1884 and included a 142 feet (43 m) steeple, the highest in the city. The steeple was destroyed by a cyclone in 1923 and replaced by the current pyramidal structure which rises to about 87 feet (27 m).[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Mrs. Richard C. Garrison (May 1, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church / St. Joseph's Church". National Park Service. Retrieved January 13, 2018. With two photos from 1974.
Categories:
- Roman Catholic churches in Kentucky
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Kentucky
- Italianate architecture in Kentucky
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1859
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
- Churches in Warren County, Kentucky
- Buildings and structures in Bowling Green, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Kentucky
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro
- Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs
- Kentucky church stubs