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Sacred Heart Catholic Church

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1921, Nunzio Grasso, builder. 513 E. Aspen Ave. (northeast corner of Maple St.)

Nunzio Grasso, an Italian immigrant who became a stonemason in Grand Junction, built the walls and round arches of this church with blocks of rough-faced sandstone from the Little Book Cliffs Quarry. The church flaunts Florentine stained glass windows above and colored, leaded, and etched glass in the basement windows that came from its 1890 predecessor. Rose windows adorn the diminutive transepts. An oversized central tower has the entrance in its base.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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What's Nearby

Fruita Library (Fruita Museum)
Fruita Junior High School
Chief Ranger's House
Gatehouse

Citation

Thomas J. Noel, "Sacred Heart Catholic Church", [Fruita, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-ME27.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 512-512.

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