St. Anthony of Padua RC Church - Table of Contents

St. Anthony of Padua RC Church
160 Court St. at S. Elmwood, Buffalo, NY

Architect:

Michael Sheehan

Style:

Romanesque Revival

Erected:

1891

The original domed steeple on the crest of the facade was replaced in 1904 by the present tower with a clock and a bell named after St. Joseph, both donated by Alfonso Bellanca, a pioneer in the Italian community



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Romanesque style building

Belfry

Belfry

Pedimented gable with ornamental dentils

Romanesque arches

Semielliptical window capped by keystone and pediment

Corinthian pilasters

Corinthian pilaster capital

Corinthian pilaster capital: Fleuron ...Volutes ... Acanthus leaves

East elevation: Corinthian pilasters

Cornerstone: Church erected in 1891

Cornerstone: Church enlarged in 1904

1929 photo

Modified (no apse) basilica shape
2008 photo

Corinthian pilasters
2008 photo

Belfry
2008 photo

 

 

 

2008 photo

 

 

 



Photos and their arrangement © 2002 Chuck LaChiusa.
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