St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church

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St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
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Location504 S. Liberty St., Perryopolis, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°4′55″N79°45′8″W / 40.08194°N 79.75222°W / 40.08194; -79.75222 Coordinates: 40°4′55″N79°45′8″W / 40.08194°N 79.75222°W / 40.08194; -79.75222
Arealess than one acre
Built1912-1918
Architectural styleByzantine Revival
NRHP reference No. 97001247 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 1997

St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, also known as St. Nicholas Greek Catholic Church, is a historic Catholic Church church at 504 S. Liberty Street in Perryopolis, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1912 and 1918, and is a 30 feet by 60 feet yellow brick building in the Byzantine Revival style. It has a cruciform plan and the gabled roof is topped by four onion domes. The church served a community of Rusyns who originally settled in the area prior to 1907. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

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Front of the church

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-31.Note: This includes Clinton E. Piper (June 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-28.