St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex Explained

St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex
Location:122-142 S. Wyoming St., Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.9486°N -75.9722°W
Built:1907-1908, 1925, 1937
Architect:Sheridan, Peter B.; DePace, Anthony J.
Architecture:Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival
Added:August 22, 2002
Refnum:02000889

St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex is a historic Roman Catholic church complex located at 122-142 S. Wyoming Street in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Scranton.

Description

The St. Gabriel's complex consists of the church (1925), rectory (1907-1908), and former convent (1937). The church is a high French Gothic Revival steel frame building clad in pink granite ashlar with Indiana limestone trim. It features twin bell towers with triple entrance portals at the front facade. The rectory is a three-story, wood-frame building in the Colonial Revival style. The convent was designed by architect Anthony J. DePace (1892–1977), and is a four-story building clad in granite ashlar and limestone. It was converted to affordable apartments and offices in 1998–1999. The church was founded in 1855.[1] It merged with Annunciation Parish.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-03-12. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H119409.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex]. 2012-03-05. Robert Janosov and Lawrence Newman. PDF. n.d..