St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church (Newark, Delaware)

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Newark DE, April 2010
Location	200 E. Main St, Newark, Delaware
Coordinates	39°41′2″N 75°44′44″W / 39.68389°N 75.74556°W / 39.68389; -75.74556Coordinates: 39°41′2″N 75°44′44″W / 39.68389°N 75.74556°W / 39.68389; -75.74556
Area	0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built	1883
Architectural style	Romanesque, Vernacular Romanesque
Governing body	Private
MPS	Newark MRA
NRHP Reference #	82002349[1]
Added to NRHP	May 7, 1982

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church at 200 E. Main Street in Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. The first congregants of the church were Irish immigrants. The church was dedicated on June 24, 1883,^[2] replacing the previous structure built in the late 1700s, after the floor collapsed on Christmas Eve of 1880. The church building is a one story rectangular brick building with a central tower and three bays on the south front facade.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

It is maintained and directed by the parish of St. John the Baptist-Holy Angels which houses another worship site at 82 Possum Park Road in Newark.^[4]

References

Diocese of Wilmington Bishops Thomas Albert Andrew Becker Alfred Allen Paul Curtis John James Joseph Monaghan Edmond John Fitzmaurice Michael William Hyle Thomas Mardaga Robert Edward Mulvee Michael Angelo Saltarelli William Francis Malooly Churches Cathedral Cathedral of St. Peter Parishes St. Joseph's Church, Greenville, DE St. John the Baptist Church, Newark, DE St. Joseph's Church, Middletown, DE St. Peter's Church, Queenstown, MD St. Francis Xavier Church, Warwick, MD Resurrection Church, Wilmington, DE St. Anthony's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Catherine of Siena Church, Wilmington, DE St. Hedwig's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Joseph's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Wilmington, DE St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Wilmington, DE Education High Schools Archmere Academy, Claymont, DE Padua Academy, Wilmington, DE Saints Peter and Paul High School, Easton, MD St. Elizabeth High School, Wilmington, DE St. Mark's High School, Wilmington, DE St. Thomas More Preparatory, Magnolia, DE Salesianum School, Wilmington, DE Ursuline Academy, Wilmington, DE Former College St. Mary's College Priests John Barres Benjamin Joseph Keiley Catholicism Portal

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