St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church
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St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Parish Complex | |
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| Location |
8666 Quincy Street Detroit, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′49″N 83°7′11″W / 42.36361°N 83.11972°WCoordinates: 42°21′49″N 83°7′11″W / 42.36361°N 83.11972°W |
| Built | 1919 |
| Architect | Van Leyen, Schilling & Keough, Edward Schilling |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th century Revivals, Romanesque Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 89000786[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 14, 1989 |
The St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church is a church located at 8666 Quincy Street in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
Description
The St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Parish Complex consists of the church, rectory, school, and convent.[2] All of the buildings are essentially Neo-Romanesque in character, and are constructed of dark red brick trimmed with Indiana limestone.
The church is in the Italian Romanesque style, with Byzantine and Art Deco influences. It has a gable front facade with towers at the sides.[2] The entrance is through a triple arched, two-story Romanesque arcaded portico. Above the entrance is a round window flanked with arched niches.[2]
The school is a three-story I-shaped building; the rectory is a five-bay center entrance Colonial house with Romanesque Revival details.[2] The three-story convent building, which was built during the Great Depression, features more modest ornamentation. A central pavilion containing the entrance divides the building into three elements.[2]
Significance
The St. Theresa of Avila Parish was built as an Irish-American parish, built at a time when the prosperity of the community was such that this magnificent complex could be afforded.[2] The need for this building reflects the population boom in the city brought about by the automobile industry.[2]
The parish was closed in the 1980s; the Allen Academy, a K-12 charter school, now uses the school building.
References
- 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Saint Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Parish Complex from the state of Michigan
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