St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church
Location: 2208 East Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Area: 0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built: 1925 and 1926
Architect: A.F. Link
Architectural style: Romanesque Revival, Byzantine Revival, Italianate
Governing body: State
NRHP Reference#: 81000525[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP: November 17, 1981
Designated PHLF: 1974[2]

St. Boniface Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Spring Hill–City View neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The parish was founded in 1884. The church building located at 2208 East Street was constructed in 1925 and 1926, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The church has a three bay nave, and a pendentive dome. Guastavino tile system on the dome and interior vaulting, and the exterior is cased in limestone with some carving.

Today, the church is used by Holy Wisdom Parish, a 1994 union between St. Ambrose Parish in Spring Hill and St. Boniface.[3] It is also home to the Holy Wisdom Latin Mass Community (Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community).

References

  1. ^ "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. ^ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009. Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. http://www.phlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Historic-Plaques-2010b.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-28. 
  3. ^ "Holy Wisdom". Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. http://diopitt.org/parishes/holy-wisdom. Retrieved July 21, 2011.