Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church (Altus, Arkansas)

Last updated
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church altus arkansas.jpg
USA Arkansas location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location in Arkansas
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location in United States
Nearest city Altus, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°27′8.33″N93°45′30.06″W / 35.4523139°N 93.7583500°W / 35.4523139; -93.7583500
Built1902
NRHP reference No. 76000406 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 3, 1976

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, also known as St. Mary's Catholic Church, is a historic church just north of Altus, Arkansas. It is located on Franklin County Road 521, just outside the city limits. The Romanesque church building was built in 1902. The church is known for its Sistine Chapel-style paintings and grand Roman Basilical architecture. Brown stone blocks cover the outside of the church, and the inside walls are lined with ornate gold leaf. The organ inside the church is over 100 years old, as is the bell tower. [2] The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]

Notable parishioners have included Johann Andreas Wiederkehr. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  3. "Swiss Ambassador to U.S. Finds Ancestral Ties in Arkansas Wine Country". Arkansas.com. 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.


Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Altus, Arkansas</span> City in Arkansas, United States

Altus is a city in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States. Located within the Arkansas River Valley at the edge of the Ozark Mountains, the city is within the Fort Smith metropolitan area. The epicenter of the Altus American Viticultural Area (AVA) within Arkansas Wine Country, the city is home to four wineries. Although founded as a coal mining community, the wine industry has driven the Altus economy since the first vineyards were planted in 1872. The population was 758 at the 2010 census, down from 817 at the 2000 census. In 2020, the population was 669 and was estimated as unchanged in 2021 and 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arkansas Highway 186</span> State highway in Arkansas, United States

Highway 186 is an east–west state highway in Franklin County, Arkansas. The route of 9.54 miles (15.35 km) runs north from Coal Road at Alix through Altus to Philpot Road north of Interstate 40.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Derham Hall and Our Lady of Victory Chapel</span> Historic campus buildings in Minnesota, United States

Derham Hall and Our Lady of Victory Chapel are administrative and religious buildings, respectively, at St. Catherine University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Derham Hall was built from 1903 to 1904 and Our Lady of Victory Chapel was constructed in 1923. The two buildings were jointly listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 for their local significance in the themes of architecture, education, and religion. They were nominated for being the core buildings of Minnesota's oldest Catholic liberal arts college for women, with well-preserved collegiate architecture of their respective eras.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District (Newton, Massachusetts)</span> Historic district in Massachusetts, United States

Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District encompasses a complex of Roman Catholic religious buildings in the Nonantum village of Newton, Massachusetts. It includes four fine examples of brick Gothic Revival architecture: the church, convent, and rectory, as well as Trinity Catholic High School. The first three buildings were designed by noted ecclesiastical architect James Murphy, and were built between 1873 and 1890. The high school building was built in 1924, also in the Gothic Revival style. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">U.S. Route 64 in Arkansas</span> Segment of American highway

U.S. Route 64 is a U.S. highway running from Teec Nos Pos, Arizona east to Nags Head, North Carolina. In the U.S. state of Arkansas, the route runs 246.35 miles (396.46 km) from the Oklahoma border in Fort Smith east to the Tennessee border in Memphis. The route passes through several cities and towns, including Fort Smith, Clarksville, Russellville, Conway, Searcy, and West Memphis. US 64 runs parallel to Interstate 40 until Conway, when I-40 takes a more southerly route.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Francis de Sales Oratory (St. Louis)</span> Historic church in Missouri, United States

St. Francis de Sales Church is a Roman Catholic Oratory located in south St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It is the second largest church in the Archdiocese of St. Louis after the cathedral-basilica. The church is popularly known as the "Cathedral of South St. Louis".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel (Cheektowaga, New York)</span> Historic church in New York, United States

Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians, also known as the Maria Hilf Chapel, is a historic Roman Catholic church located at Cheektowaga in Erie County, New York. It is part of the Diocese of Buffalo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help</span> Historic church in Massachusetts, United States

The Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help informally known as The Mission Church is a Roman Catholic basilica in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The Redemptorists priests of the Baltimore Province have ministered to the parish since the church was first opened in 1870. The shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Mother of Perpetual Succour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church</span> Historic church in New York, United States

Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church, also known as Our Lady of Victory / St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, is a historic Roman Catholic church located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. It was designed by noted Rochester architect Andrew Jackson Warner and is a French Romanesque Revival style brick cruciform plan church built in 1868. It features two slender towers with concave roofs, a recessed entrance inside a single-story protruding section, and a semi-circular stained-glass window.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Rapid City, South Dakota)</span> Church in South Dakota, United States

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a Catholic cathedral and parish church located in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Completed in 1962, it serves as the third cathedral of the Diocese of Rapid City.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, or variations with Parish or Catholic or otherwise, may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church</span> Historic church in Oregon, United States

The Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church, located in Cottage Grove, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Joseph Old Cathedral (Oklahoma City)</span> Historic church in Oklahoma, United States

St. Joseph Old Cathedral is a parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City located in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It was the seat of the 'Diocese of Oklahoma City-Tulsa' from 1905 to 1931; and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The cathedral was severely damaged during the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sacred Heart Church, School and Rectory</span> Historic church in Missouri, United States

Sacred Heart Church, School and Rectory was a historic site at 2540–2544 Madison Avenue and 910 West 26th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The church was built in 1896 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Rectory and School building were demolished in 2010 but the original church building and its parish hall remain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)</span> Historic church in Wisconsin, United States

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church is a historic church built in 1893 at the corner of 7th and Washington Streets in Walker's Point on the near South Side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin - still very intact. The building was designated a city landmark in 1973 and added to the National Register of Historic Places the following year for its artistic and architectural significance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Liborius Church and Buildings</span> Historic church in Missouri, United States

St. Liborius Church and Buildings is centered on the former Catholic parish of St. Liborius in the St. Louis Place neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The historic district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and it is listed as a City Landmark in St. Louis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Mary's Catholic Church (Paragould, Arkansas)</span> Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The St. Mary's Catholic Church is a historic church building at 301 W. Highland in Paragould, Arkansas. It was designed early in the career of Charles Eames, and is one of only two known church designs of his in Arkansas, the other being St. Mary's, Helena. Built in 1935, it is stylistically a modern reinterpretation of Romanesque Revival architecture. The congregation was organized in 1883; this is its second sanctuary.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Altus station</span> United States historic place

The Missouri-Pacific Depot, Altus is a historic railroad station on United States Route 64 in Altus, Arkansas. It is a long rectangular single-story wood-frame structure, finished in stucco, with a gable-on-hip roof with broad eaves. It was built in 1920 by the Missouri-Pacific Railroad, and served as both a passenger and freight depot. It is representative of the town's early history as a railroad town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Our Lady of the Ozarks Shrine</span> Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The Our Lady of the Ozarks Shrine is a Roman Catholic religious shrine in rural northern Crawford County, Arkansas. It is located on the west side of United States Route 71, south of Winslow. The shrine includes a small church, rectory, parish hall, and several cast stone statues including one of Saint Therese. The shrine was erected in the 1940s through the efforts of Clara Muxen, a Roman Catholic nun who sought to expand the church's ability to serve Catholics in the area.

Johann Andreas Wiederkehr was a Swiss-American winemaker, leather worker, and farmer. After immigrating to the United States in 1880, he opened a vineyard and winery in the Arkansas River Valley. He continued to make wine during Prohibition in the United States, having been granted special permission by the Catholic Church. He was the founder of Wiederkehr Village, Arkansas. His winery was added to the National Register of Historic Places.