Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church | |
Location | 106-112 East West St., Baltimore, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 39°16′34″N76°36′40″W / 39.27611°N 76.61111°W Coordinates: 39°16′34″N76°36′40″W / 39.27611°N 76.61111°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1860 |
Architect | Pohl, Anton; et al. |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 02001578 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 30, 2002 |
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church complex located within the Archdiocese of Baltimore in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
The complex consists of a group of four brick buildings: an 1860 Gothic Revival church (remodeled in 1885 and 1907), an 1871 Italianate rectory-convent, a 1903 Romanesque Revival school, and a 1928 Tudor Revival rectory. The church has a cruciform plan and features a 200-foot steeple composed of a 125-foot tower and a 75-foot copper-clad spire. A shallow choir loft contains the 1886 organ with its stenciled pipes. The Archdiocese listed the church as a German parish until 1959. [2]
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]
Joseph Maskell was assigned to Holy Cross from 1982 to 1992. [3]
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