St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (Denver)

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Parish in Denver
Location 600 Galapago, Denver, Colorado
Coordinates 39°43′34″N 104°59′44″W / 39.72611°N 104.99556°W / 39.72611; -104.99556Coordinates: 39°43′34″N 104°59′44″W / 39.72611°N 104.99556°W / 39.72611; -104.99556
Area less than one acre
Built 1888
Architectural style Gothic
NRHP reference # 82002295[1]
CSRHP # 5DV.25
Added to NRHP June 3, 1982

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, also known as St. Joseph's Redemptorist Church, is a historic church at 600 Galapago in Denver, Colorado. It was built in 1888 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

The church was deemed significant in part "as an example of the style of institutionalarchitecture which was predominant in Denver during the 1880s - 90s. The architecture takes on greater significance because of one feature of the building—the stained glass windows. All of them are American-made, an apparently unusual circumstance for the time, as the common conception of the people at the time St. Joseph's was built was that church windows had to be imported from Europe. The stained glass windows are also unique in that they contain clear prisms."[2]

Also it was the site of a mass excommunication of more than 100 parishioners, after it was found that pastor(s) had embezzled a large sum of money.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Sharon G. Leddin (December 4, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver / St. Joseph's Redemptorist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved September 19, 2018. With accompanying three photos from 1980

National Park Service Application - https://focus.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/82002295

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