Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel (Cheektowaga, New York)
Appearance
Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians | |
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Location | 4125 Union Rd., Cheektowaga, New York |
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Coordinates | 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 |
NRHP reference No. | 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 is part of the Diocese of Buffalo.
Description
The Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians 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. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Ronald E. Batt, Claire L. Ross (1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying eight photographs
Categories:
- Roman Catholic churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Greek Revival church buildings in New York (state)
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1853
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
- Roman Catholic churches in New York (state)
- Churches in Erie County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, New York
- Roman Catholic chapels in the United States
- Erie County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
- New York (state) church stubs