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Query: How tall is St. Joseph's Church in Fall River?
The church is a large and handsome structure of brick with stone trimmings, 170 feet in length, 78 feet wide and surmounted by two golden crosses. The walls are 30 feet high, while from the loftiest point of the roof to the floor the distance is 73 feet. There is a seating capacity of about a thousand. Built without galleries, it is well lighted by several large stained glass windows on the north and south sides, and its cheerfulness is one of the things for which the church is noted. The pictures on the windows are emblematic of episodes in the life of our Blessed Lord. Among the donors of the original set of windows were Mr. and Mrs. James Hayden, Cornelius L. Kelly and Family, Mrs. David Sheedy and Family, Mr. and Mrs. John Collins, In Memory of Reverend Father Bric, In Memory of Reverend Father Brady and a number of the church societies.
Davenport architect Victor Huot designed St. Joseph's in the High Victorian Gothic style. Huot had previously designed St. Mary's Church. The building is a Basilica-plan church with its main entrance at the base of the gable-end tower. It is constructed in brick on a stone foundation. The decorative brickwork, especially the corbel table at the eaves, is one of its most distinguished features. Its verticality is achieved by way of the exaggerated pendant corbelling and the tall, pointed-arch windows. The windows on the main facade, along the side walls and in the apse are all paired lancet windows that are filled with stained glass. There is also a tracery rose window in the tower. The tower itself features a tall, slender spire that rises above sharply-drawn gables on the bell-chamber.
The church's pipe organ was built in 1883 by W.K. Adams & Sons in Providence RI.[2] It is one of the largest built by them. It was once run by water and then by bellows.
Cassidy served as professor of science at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York, where he also served as treasurer for three years. He then served in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and later became chancellor of the Diocese of Fall River. From 1908 to 1913, he served as rector of St. Mary's Cathedral. He was named vicar general (1909) and a domestic prelate (1912) before becoming pastor of St. Patrick's Church in Fall River in 1913.
Architectural historians have divided the Precious Blood-related churches of western Ohio into multiple generations. Only a few buildings remain from the first generation, which consisted primarily of small wooden churches, and only St. John's Church in Fryburg remains essentially unchanged. Replacing these wooden buildings were the churches of the second generation, which were generally small brick buildings without tall spires. The churches of the third generation are mostly High Gothic Revival structures with tall towers, but the final generation of churches includes a wide range of styles. As a Romanesque Revival church built in 1910, St. Joseph's is one of the newest churches in the region, and it plainly is a part of the final generation.
Many of the cotton textile mills in the city were built from this native stone, and it was highly regarded as a building material for many public buildings and private homes alike. Examples of the stones use within Fall River include St. Mary's Cathedral, The Fall River Historical Society Mansion and the base of St. Anne's Church. The first floor of the former B.M.C. Durfee High School building in Fall River is also constructed of native granite. Another fine example of the use of this material was the Notre Dame de Lourdes Church, Fall River Massachusetts. The entire lower portion of this structure below the roof and steeples was constructed of Fall River granite. Unfortunately this building was destroyed by fire on May 11, 1982.
St. Joseph's Parish was founded by Bishop John Dubois in 1829. At the time St. Joseph's Parish began, the population of New York, numbering 203,000, was concentrated in the southern half of Manhattan. The parish boundaries stretched from Canal Street to 20th Street, and from Broadway to the Hudson River. Early church records indicate that St. Joseph's first congregants were predominantly Irish-Americans.
The trustees of the church are Henry J. Whalen and James H. O'Neil.
In 1989, the building was converted into residential apartments, with a large addition to the north side. A statue of Saint Joseph was removed from the alcove atop the front of the building and placed on the nearby grounds of Notre Dame Church.
Although it was seen as doomed to closure, St. Joseph's Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 because of its well-preserved historic architecture; the rectory was also included in the nomination. These buildings were part of a collection of nearly thirty churches and various other church-related buildings, designated the "Cross-Tipped Churches Thematic Resources," a multiple property submission of properties in western Ohio related to the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Architectural historians have divided these churches into four generations; St. Joseph's is a member of the second generation, which are generally simple rectangular brick buildings without tall spires. Many churches from this generation, such as St. Joseph's and St. Anthony's in Padua, were later expanded by the addition of a single tower at the front of the building, due to the prevalence of such towers at the construction of newer churches. Few churches from before this period survive; only St. John's in Fryburg to the northwest and St. Augustine's in Minster remain churches, and St. Augustine's has been greatly modified by the addition of twin towers. Because most churches in this region are tall Gothic Revival structures with large towers, the region has become known as the "Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches."
The sanctuary contains an altarpiece featuring a polychrome sculpture of the Crucifixion in its upper register. Side altars are located in two subsidiary apses and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. There are altars as well in honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help and the Infant of Prague. It is a German “hall church", with side aisles almost as tall as the 70-foot-high nave. The hall church plan permits exceptionally tall windows; the stained glass is the work of the eminent St. Louis glazier Emil Frei, Sr., at that time recently arrived from Munich. German saints include St. Henry, St. Boniface, St. Elizabeth, and the Blessed Herman Joseph Steinfeld. The Winkle Terra Cotta Company of St. Louis produced much of the window tracery. The interior frescos were painted by German immigrant Fridolin Fuchs in 1916; the rose shade of the ceiling decorations are particularly characteristic of German churches.
St. Joseph's Orphanage is an historic former orphanage and school located at 56 St. Joseph Street in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Built by architect James Agg, the St John's church is built with a combination of brick and stone and was commonly known as the "Pathure Girja" (Stone Church). Stone was a rare material in the late 18th century Kolkata. The stones came from the medieval ruins of Gour, and were shipped down the Hooghly River. The minutes book in the church office tell in detail the story of how the ruins of Gaur were robbed to build St John's church.
The church is a large square structure in the Neoclassical architectural style. A stone spire 174 ft tall is its most distinctive feature. The spire holds a giant clock, which is wound every day.
In 1902 nine Sisters of St. Joseph from the mother-house at Le Puy took charge of the school in the French parish of St-Roch, Fall River, Massachusetts. The accession of other members from the mother-house enabled the community to take charge of three other schools in the city attached to French parishes. In 1906 St. Theresa's Convent was formally opened as the provincial house of the community, which was legally incorporated in the same year, and a novitiate was established. In the mid 1970s, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Fall River merged with the Springfield Congregation.[80]
St. Anne's Church and Parish Complex is a shuttered historic church complex located at 818 Middle Street Fall River, Massachusetts. It was a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River. In addition to the church, the complex also includes the former rectory as well as the former Dominican Academy, constructed in 1894. The complex was formally dedicated in 1906 and closed in 2018. The Administrator at the time of its closure was Rev. David C. Deston Jr.
St. Patrick's Church is a historic church building at 1588 South Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. It was built in 1881 from local Fall River granite, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
In addition to St. Mary's Cathedral, two other major churches in the diocese are St. Anthony of Padua in New Bedford, Santo Christo Church and Shrine, and St. Anne's both in Fall River.
Church of Our Lady of Loretto (Cold Spring) – Established in 1834. Chapel of St. Joseph (Garrison) – Established in 1871. Church of St. James the Apostle (Carmel) – Established in 1909. Chapel of Our Lady of the Lake (Lake Carmel) – Established in 1936; former mission of St. John the Evangelist in Mahopac (1936–1947). Church of St. John the Evangelist (Mahopac) – Established in 1889; formerly a mission of St. Joseph in Croton Falls (1866–1889). Chapel of Our Lady Queen of Angels (Mahopac) Church of St. Lawrence O'Toole (Brewster) – Established in 1877; formerly a mission of St. Joseph in Croton Falls (1871–1877). Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Patterson) – Established in 1957; formerly a mission of St. Lawrence O'Toole in Brewster (1934–1957).
Chapel of Our Lady of the Way (Hyde Park) Located on the Hyde Park campus of the Culinary Institute of America.† Church of the Holy Trinity (Poughkeepsie) – Established in 1921. Church of Immaculate Conception (Amenia) – Established in 1866. Church of St. Anthony (Pine Plains) – Established in 1958; mission of Immaculate Conception in Amenia (1913–1958). Merged with Immaculate Conception, Amenia in 2015. Chapel of St. Patrick (Millerton) – Established in 1867; desacralized November 30, 2017.[14] Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Poughkeepsie, New York) (Poughkeepsie) Church of Regina Coeli (Hyde Park) – Established in 1877. Chapel of St. Paul (Staatsburg) – Established in 1887. Church of St. Charles Borromeo (Dover Plains) – Established in 1936; formerly a mission of Immaculate Conception in Amenia (1866–1885) and St. John the Evangelist in Pawling (1885–1936). Church of St. Columba (Hopewell Junction) – Established in 1992; former mission of Hopewell Junction in Hopewell Junction. Church of St. Denis (Hopewell Junction) – Established in 1899; formerly a mission of St. Mary in Wappingers Falls (1874–1899). Church of St. Joachim and St. John the Evangelist (Beacon) Church of St. John the Evangelist (Pawling) – Established in 1885; formerly a mission of Immaculate Conception in Amenia (1869–1885). Church of St. Joseph (Millbrook) – Established in 1890; formerly a mission of Immaculate Conception in Amenia (1870–1890). Immaculate Conception Church (Bangall, New York) - merged with St. Joseph, Millbrook 2015. St. Joseph's Chapel, Clinton Corners merged with St. Joseph's, Millbrook 2015. Church of St. Kateri Tekakwitha (LaGrangeville) – Established in 2002; mission of St. Columba in Hopewell Junction (1998–2002). Church of St. Martin de Porres (Poughkeepsie) – Established in 1852; formerly known as Church of the Nativity (1852–1962). Church of St. Mary, Mother of the Church (Fishkill) [15] – Established in 1953; mission of St. Joachim in Beacon (1861–1953). Church of St. Mary (Wappingers Falls) [16] – Established in 1845. Church of St. Peter (Hyde Park) – Established in 1837. Church of St. Stanislaus (Pleasant Valley) – Established in 1903; formerly staffed by the Society of Jesus. St. Mary - St. Joseph Church (Poughkeepsie, New York) - Established 2015. Parish of Good Shepherd and St. Joseph (Rhinebeck, New York)[17] Parish of St. Christopher and St. Sylvia (Red Hook, New York) - Established 2015.[18]
Notre Dame de Lourdes, then known as St. Bernadette Parish, is a former Roman Catholic parish in Fall River, Massachusetts. The parish was established in 1874 to serve the growing French-Canadian population located in the city's Flint Village section. Since its founding, the parish has occupied three different church buildings; a wooden structure (1874–1893), a spectacular granite church (1906–1982) and the current modern church (1986-2018). The parish complex over time has also consisted of other multiple buildings, including St. Joseph's Orphanage, The Jesus Marie Convent, a school, the church rectory, the Brothers' residence, and the former Msgr. Prevost High School. The parish also includes Notre Dame Cemetery, located in the city's south end.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Fall River, Massachusetts
St. Louis Church was a historic former Roman Catholic church, located at 440 Bradford Avenue in Fall River, Massachusetts. The Gothic Revival church was built in 1885 to the designs of James Murphy. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Diocese of Fall River closed the parish in 2001, and the records were transferred to St. Mary's Cathedral (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption).
Church of Our Lady of Fatima (Plattekill) – Established in 1960; mission of St. Joseph in New Paltz. Formerly staffed by the Theatine Fathers. Church of St. Augustine (Highland) – Formerly a mission of St. James in Milton (1899–??) Church of St. Charles Borromeo (Gardiner) – Established in 1882 and suppressed in 1885; reestablished in 1892 and suppressed in 1929; reestablished in 1976. Formerly a mission of St. James in Milton (1885–1892) and a mission of St. Joseph in New Windsor (1929–1976). Church of St. Francis de Sales (Phoenicia) – Established in 1902; formerly staffed by the La Salette Fathers (1902–2004). Church of St. John (West Hurley) – Established in 1860. Chapel of St. Augustine (West Shokan) Church of St. John the Evangelist (Saugerties) Church of St. Joseph (Kingston)[24] – Established in 1868. Church of St. Joseph (New Paltz) – Established in 1929; formerly a mission of St. Charles Borromeo in Gardiner (1892–1929). Staffed by the Capuchin Friars. Church of St. Mary and St. Andrew (Ellenville) – Established in 1956 from the merger of St. Mary & St. Andrew Churches. Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes (Kerhonkson) – Established in 1957. Church of St. Peter (Rosendale) – Established in 1860. Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians (High Falls) Church of the Immaculate Conception (Kingston) – Established in 1896. St. Mary of the Snow - St. Joseph Church (Saugerties, New York) - Established 2015. Parish of St. Catherine Labouré - St. Colman (Lake Katrine)[25] Chapel of St. Anne (Sawkill) – Established in 1905 and suppressed in 1972; formerly a mission of St. Joseph in Kingston. Parish of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the Sacred Heart (Port Ewen) – Established in 2015; staffed by the Redemptorist Fathers (1913–present).[26] Parish of St. Mary and of Saint James (Marlboro) – Established in 2015; formerly a mission of the Presentation of the B.V.M. in Port Ewen and of St. James in Milton (1867–1900). Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy (Roseton) – Established in 1887; formerly a mission of St. James in Milton (1887–1900). Parish of St. Mary/Holy Name of Jesus and of Saint Peter (Kingston) – Established in 2015.
St. Joseph's Church is a historic Catholic church in the city of Springfield, Ohio, United States. Established in the 1880s to serve southeastern Springfield's growing Catholic population, it uses a tall Romanesque Revival church building, which was designed by a leading city architect; the building has been named a historic site.
The end came on Ash Wednesday, February 18, l885, and the last words that he gave utterance to were these: "I'm tired; I want to go home!" On the Friday of that week, February 20, the funeral ceremonies were held with the first religious service in the new church, the officers of the Solemn High Mass of Requiem being: Celebrant, Reverend Father McCabe of Fall River; Deacon, Reverend Father Roach of Taunton; Sub-Deacon, Reverend Father Grace of Fall River; Master of Ceremonies, Reverend Father Briscoe of Fall River. The eulogy was ably delivered by Reverend Father Kinnerney of Pawtucket, R.I., with the absolution and the final blessing by the head of the diocese, Right Reverend Bishop Hendricken. As in the death of the founder of the parish, the body of Reverend Father Brady was laid at rest in a vault in the basement of the church.