SANCTUARY - St. John the Evangelist RC Church
2319 Seneca Street, Buffalo, NY

Built:	1930
Architect:	Carl Schmill & Sons
Style:	Italian Romanesque Revival
Interior designer:	Rambusch Decorating Co. of NY City - Official Website
Mural artist:	Valdemar Kjeldgaard "Valdemar Kjeldgaard, a Danish artist employed by the Rambusch Company, he had worked on the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. prior to his work here." - James Napora, Houses of Worship: A Guide to the Religious Architecture of Buffalo
Status:	Closed by the RC Diocese in 2009

2009 Photos

Murals by Valdemar Kjeldgaard depicting St. John the Evangelist's Book of Revelations Sanctuary / apse     ...    St. John the Evangelist    ...    Details below: Revelation 12: Michael Battling the Dragon Scene from the Book of Revelation Scene from the Book of Revelation Revelation 4: The Throne in Heaven    ...    Three details below: Revelation 4: The Throne in Heaven -  Detail   #1   ...    Christ surrounded by a mandorla Revelation 4: The Throne in Heaven -  Detail   #2 Revelation 4: The Throne in Heaven -  Detail   #3 Scene from the Book of Revelation Scene from Revelation 4: The Throne in Heaven    ...    12 of the "twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads." Revelation 12: The Woman and the Dragon    ...    Mary surrounded by mandorla

Altar Altar    ...    Baldachino    ...    Tabernacle    ...    Note statues Baldachino detail #1:    ...    Leaf-and-dart molding    ...    Bead-and-reel molding    ...    Dentil molding    ...    Rope molding    ...    Chevron molding Baldachino detail: #2    ...    Rope molding    ...    Chevron molding     ...    Volutes and water leaves on capital  Baldachino detail: #3    ...    Rope molding    ...    Chevron molding     ...    Volutes and water leaves on capital  Three of the Four Evangelists, each carrying a Bible The Four Evangelists icons decorate the  tabernacle    ...    Four icons detailed below: St. Matthew the Evangelist (winged man) St. Mark (winged lion) St. Luke (winged ox) St. John  (eagle) Main altar:  marble with glass tesserae mosaic  inlay    ...    Two details below: Main altar glass tesserae mosaic  inlay  detail #1  Main altar glass tesserae mosaic  inlay  detail #2 Altar rail glass tesserae mosaic  inlay

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