- Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel (Cheektowaga, New York)
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Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians
Location: 4125 Union Rd., Cheektowaga, New York Coordinates: 42°55′34″N 78°45′14″W / 42.92611°N 78.75389°WCoordinates: 42°55′34″N 78°45′14″W / 42.92611°N 78.75389°W Built: 1853 Architect: Batt, Joseph; Foit & Baschnagel Architectural style: Greek Revival Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 78001851
[1]Added to NRHP: December 14, 1978 Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians, also known as the Maria Hilf Chapel, is a historic Roman Catholic church located at Cheektowaga in Erie County, New York. It was constructed in 1853, in the Greek Revival style, as a religious center for the rural Alsatian community and pilgrimage site for urban Alsatian, German, Polish, and Italian immigrants to Our Lady Help of Christians. The interior features a barrel vault ceiling, wooden church mobiliary, frescos, paintings, and other features that reflect an Alsatian village church.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ronald E. Batt, Claire L. Ross (1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=2159. Retrieved 2009-07-17. See also: "Accompanying eight photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=2157.
Categories:- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Greek Revival architecture
- Religious buildings completed in 1853
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
- Roman Catholic churches in New York
- Churches in Erie County, New York
- Erie County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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