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Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church

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1900, Murphy and Ralston. 320 Mulberry St.

Saint Joseph's was described as “French Gothic” when it was built, though the basic format is nineteenth-century medieval. The corner tower is crowned by a high roof with narrow facets. The warm-orange brick walls create smoothly flowing surfaces, suggesting an early twentieth-century building rather than a traditional medieval design of masonry. This same weightless quality is equally apparent within. The real gem of this church complex is the children's chapel. This dollhouse of a Gothic chapel seats six and has its own miniature pipe organ.

Writing Credits

Author: 
David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim
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What's Nearby

Elks Lodge
Carnegie Public Library
YMCA Building
East Waterloo High School
United States Post Office Building (now Public Library)

Citation

David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim, "Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church", [Waterloo, Iowa], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IA-01-NO299.

Print Source

Buildings of Iowa, David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 442-442.

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