Immaculate Conception Church (Sparks, Nevada)

Immaculate Conception Church
View from southwest, across Pyramid Way
Location 528 Pyramid Way, Sparks, Nevada
Coordinates 39°32′18.35″N 119°45′9.3″W / 39.5384306°N 119.752583°WCoordinates: 39°32′18.35″N 119°45′9.3″W / 39.5384306°N 119.752583°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1932
Architect DeLongchamps,Frederick J.
Architectural style Mediterranean Revival
Governing body Private
MPS Architecture of Frederick J. DeLongchamps TR
NRHP Reference # 92001700[1]
Added to NRHP December 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 See photo
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ana Beth Koval, Patricia Lawrence-Dietz and Lucy Scheid (September 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Immaculate Conception Church". National Park Service. and accompanying six photos