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Immaculate Conception Church
View from southwest, across Pyramid Way
Immaculate Conception Church (Sparks, Nevada) is located in Nevada
Immaculate Conception Church (Sparks, Nevada)
Location528 Pyramid Way, Sparks, Nevada
Arealess than one acre
Built1932
ArchitectDeLongchamps,Frederick J.
Architectural styleMediterranean Revival
MPSArchitecture of Frederick J. DeLongchamps TR
NRHP reference No.92001700[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 23, 1992

The Immaculate Conception Church, located at 528 Pyramid Way[2] in Sparks, Nevada, is a brick Roman Catholic church that was built in 1932. It was designed by prolific Nevada architect Frederic J. DeLongchamps (1882-1969) in Mediterranean Revival architecture.[1] As of 1994 it was still used as a church;[1][3] when photographed in 2014, it was operating under the name "Iglesia Cristiana Monte Sinai".[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1] It was deemed significant as the oldest surviving Catholic church in Sparks, as one of the first built in Nevada after the state became a diocese under 1931 decree of Pope Pius XI, and architecturally as a relatively rare use of Mediterranean Revival style in Nevada and "one of the many outstanding works" of DeLongchamps.[3]: 6 

Its original form is "somewhat obscured" by a 1970 addition of a vestibule and porch on the front, added to provide handicapped access, but the addition was designed to be compatible architecturally.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b See photo
  3. ^ a b c Ana Beth Koval, Patricia Lawrence-Dietz and Lucy Scheid (September 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Immaculate Conception Church" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying six photos


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