St. Ignatius Mission
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| St. Ignatius Mission | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Nearest city: | St. Ignatius, Montana |
| Built/Founded: | 1893 |
| Architect: | Carignano, Brother Joseph |
| Architectural style(s): | No style listed |
| Added to NRHP: | June 19, 1973[1] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 73001053 |
| Governing body: | Private |
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The St. Ignatius Mission is a landmark Roman Catholic mission founded at its present location, St. Ignatius, Montana, in 1854 by Father Pierre-Jean De Smet and Father Adrian Hoecken. The current mission church was built between 1891 and 1893, and listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[2][3]
The mission church serves the St. Ignatius parish within the Missoula Deanery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena.[4]
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[edit] Architecture
The mission church is a simplified, vernacular example of Gothic revival architecture constructed of bricks made from native clay. The most exceptional feature of the interior are the 58 murals painted by Brother Joseph Carignano, an untrained artist who worked as a cook in the mission.[5]
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ History. St. Ignatius Mission. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
- ^ National Register Information System (NRIS). National Park Service, United States Department of Interior. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
- ^ Parishes and Missions: Home. Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
- ^ Krause, Jan. Saint Ignatius Mission. Lakeshore Country Journal. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
