St. Benedict's Catholic Church (Nebraska City, Nebraska)

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St. Benedict's Catholic Church
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Location411 5th Rue, Nebraska City, Nebraska
Coordinates 40°40′11″N95°50′28″W / 40.66972°N 95.84111°W / 40.66972; -95.84111 Coordinates: 40°40′11″N95°50′28″W / 40.66972°N 95.84111°W / 40.66972; -95.84111
Arealess than one acre
Built1861
ArchitectGerhardt, August; Darley, James
NRHP reference No. 83001100 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 1983

St. Benedict's Catholic Church is a Catholic church in Nebraska City, Nebraska, United States. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. The church parish was founded in 1856 and its building, completed in 1861, is the oldest brick church in the state of Nebraska. The church's address is 411 5th Rue, Nebraska City, Nebraska.

It is a brick "vernacular Romanesque structure featuring buttresses and entry tower". [2]

Its exterior walls were noticed to be spreading in 1948, and it was feared the roof would collapse. "The walls were dismantled, reinforced and then rebuilt using primarily original brick." [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Janet Jeffries Spencer (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Benedict's Catholic Church". National Park Service . Retrieved June 8, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1974