St. Mary's Seminary Chapel

Infobox_nrhp | name =St. Mary's Seminary Chapel
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= Baltimore, Maryland
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 45
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 37
long_seconds = 23
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maryland
area =
built =1806
architect= Godefroy, Maximilien
architecture= Other, Gothic Revival
designated = November 11, 1971cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1184&ResourceType=Building
title=St. Mary's Seminary Chapel |accessdate=2008-06-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 11, 1971cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=71001046

St. Mary's Seminary Chapel, located at 600 North Paca Street in Baltimore, Maryland, is the oldest Neo-Gothic style church in the United States. It was built from 1806 through 1808 by French architect Maximilien Godefroy for the Sulpician priests of St. Mary's Seminary. St. Mary's Seminary, founded in 1791, is the oldest Catholic seminary in the United States. Godefroy also designed the First Unitarian Church in Baltimore.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/71001046.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: St. Mary's Seminary Chapel] |32 KB|date=October 8, 1974 |author=Pat Heintzelman and W. Brown Morton III |publisher=National Park Service]

The small, brick chapel is one and a half stories high, set on a high basement. A false front rises above the "A" roof. The round arched windows are set in rectangular openings. The brick were originally made for another project, but it was built of stone. The bricks were then purchased for this project for $3,000.00.

The chapel was designated a National Historic Landmark on November 11, 1971.cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1184&ResourceType=Building
title=St. Mary's Seminary Chapel|accessdate=2008-06-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]

References

External links

* [http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=81&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx St. Mary's Seminary Chapel, Baltimore City] , including photo in 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.md0145 St. Mary's Seminary Chapel, North Paca Street & Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Independent City, MD: 25 photos, 17 drawings, 10 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey