St. Benedict's Church (Stamford, Connecticut)

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St. Benedict's Church
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Location1A St. Benedict's Circle, Stamford, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°3′6″N73°31′14″W / 41.05167°N 73.52056°W / 41.05167; -73.52056
Arealess than one acre
Built1930
Architectural styleNeo-Tudor
MPS Downtown Stamford Ecclesiastical Complexes TR
NRHP reference No. 87002130 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 1987

Saint Benedict - Our Lady of Montserrat, or simply St. Benedict's Church, is a Catholic church in Stamford, Connecticut, in the Diocese of Bridgeport. The historic brick Neo-Tudor church at 1A St. Benedict's Circle was built in 1930 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The architect was Henry F. Ludorf of Hartford, Connecticut. The exterior uses a variety of building materials, including brick, ashlar stone, timbering, and stucco. [2] The church's main facade is asymmetrically arranged with its entrance on the left, under a handsome timber-frame porch, and a stone tower to the right which is topped by a bellpot roof. [3]

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Alan Burnham, A.I.A. (1987). "Connecticut Historical Commission Historic Resources Inventory: St. Benedict's Church". National Park Service. and Accompanying two photos, from 1987