St. Anthony of Padua RC Church - Table of Contents ................,,,,,,,,, Houses of Worship - Table of Contents
St.
Anthony of Padua RC Church - Table of Contents ................,,,,,,,,, Houses of Worship - Table of
Contents
St.
Anthony of Padua RC Church
160
Court St. at S. Elmwood, Buffalo, NY
| Erected: | 1891 |
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Architect: |
Michael
Sheehan 1904 renovation - Albert A. Post |
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Exterior style: |
Romanesque Revival, based on basilica form |
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Renaissance
Revival |
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Anthony of Padua R.C. Church was founded in 1891 by Father Antonio
Gibelli of the Missionary Fathers of St. Charles Borromeo to provide
for the religious well being of the large number of Italians immigrants
settling in Buffalo, NY during the 19th century. The parish quickly became the social center the of the city's 20,000 plus Italian population. Within a year, Gibelli had established the first Italian language school in the United States. - Camerata di Sant'
Antonio (June 2011)
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original two-storey building housed, on the ground floor, the first
Italian Catholic bilingual school in the United States, while the
worship area was on the upper floor. The church was renovated in 1904 when the sanctuary was extended and niches to patron saints were added. The plaster ceiling with recessed caissons and rosette is the work of Cesare Antozzi. 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. The mechanical pipe organ, built in 1889 by the Hook and Hastings Co. of Boston, MA and formerly in the Plymouth Baptist Church, Buffalo, was installed in 1911. - Cultural Niagara (June
2011)
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Romanesque style building |
Pedimented gable with ornamental dentils |
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Romanesque arches |
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Corinthian pilaster capital: Fleuron ...Volutes ... Acanthus leaves |
East elevation: Corinthian pilasters |
Cornerstone: Church erected in 1891 |
Cornerstone: Church enlarged in 1904 |
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1929 photo |
Corinthian pilasters |
Belfry |
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2008 photo |
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