St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Topeka, Kansas) Explained

St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Location:235 Van Buren St., Topeka, Kansas
Coordinates:39.0569°N -95.6747°W
Built:1901
Architect:Staudaher
Added:February 24, 1971
Area:1acres
Refnum:71000331

St. Joseph's Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It was established to serve the needs of the growing population of Volga Germans, ethnic Germans from Russia.

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Placesin 1971. It was deemed "an outstanding Kansasexample of a large 19th century brick church building."

It is a red brick church. Its NRHP nomination states: "Most impressive to one approaching the church are the two identical steeples towering over all the neighboring buildings and trees. These towers begin as squares and then are quite nicely transformed into octagons. This transformation is executedvery gracefully by first cutting off the square corners at the clock level; the next logical step is an octagon roof with equal sides."[1]

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  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=71000331}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Joseph's Catholic Church ]. National Park Service. Charles L. Hall . November 13, 1970 . November 27, 2017. With .