Decker's Chapel

Decker's Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Decker's Chapel, April 2010
Location:	Jct. Earth Rd. and PA 255, St. Marys, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	41°24′3″N 78°33′39″W / 41.40083°N 78.56083°W / 41.40083; -78.56083Coordinates: 41°24′3″N 78°33′39″W / 41.40083°N 78.56083°W / 41.40083; -78.56083
Area:	less than one acre
Built:	1856
Architect:	Decker, Michael
Architectural style:	Greek Revival
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	98001367[1]
Added to NRHP:	November 12, 1998

Decker's Chapel is a historic chapel on Earth Road and PA 255 in St. Mary's, Elk County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1856 and is a one story gable-end oriented and clapboard clad wood frame structure. It measures 12 feet by 18 feet and contains a single, plastered room. It features a rectangular steeple with an open belfry capped with a cross tipped, pyramidal roof. Also on the property is a granite commemorative marker dedicated in 1928 to Monsignor Michael Joseph Decker.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

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  Decker's Chapel Interior, April 2010

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. Retrieved 2010-04-10.  Note: This includes David L. Taylor (May 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Decker's Chapel" (PDF). https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H106700_01H.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-10.  and "Accompanying Photo". https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/project/HistImage.asp?HistImage=H106700_01B.jpg.