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Church of St. Patrick (St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church)

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St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
1891–1892, Edwin Forrest Durang. Mahantongo and S. 4th sts.
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)

The spiky towers and eclectic mixture of English and German Gothic are hallmarks of Durang's late manner. He continued to be the architect of choice for the archdiocese of Philadelphia until the end of the nineteenth century.

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Author: 
George E. Thomas
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George E. Thomas, "Church of St. Patrick (St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church)", [Pottsville, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-SC7.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 2

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 447-447.

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