St. Mary's Catholic Church (Caldwell, Idaho) Explained

St. Mary's Catholic Church
Coordinates:43.6644°N -116.6914°W
Architect:Tourtellotte & Hummel
Architecture:Italianate Romanesque Revival
Builder:McNeel, H. J.
Added:November 17, 1982
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
Refnum:82000332

St. Mary's Catholic Church is a red brick, Italianate Romanesque Revival building designed by Tourtellotte and Hummel and constructed by H.J. McNeel in 1925 in Caldwell, Idaho. The church features an 80-ft tower, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Originally intended as the Church of the Immaculate Conception,[2] the building was known as St. Mary's Catholic Church by 1930 or earlier.[3]

The church was designed to seat a congregation of 300 persons,[4] and it remained in service as a Catholic building until 2003, when larger Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church opened in Caldwell.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82000332}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Mary's Catholic Church ]. National Park Service. February 7, 2019. With
  2. News: Contract Let for $16,000 Church at Caldwell . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . September 29, 1925 . 8.
  3. News: Thomas Burns' Body Will Lie in State . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . December 8, 1930 . 7.
  4. News: Construction of New Church Under Way . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . October 3, 1925 . 7.
  5. News: Court interpreter provides Spanish speakers access to courts . Mike Butts . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . April 18, 2002 . 1.
  6. News: Deaths . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . July 18, 2003 . 5.