St. Gerard's - Table of Contents
Exterior - St. Gerard's RC Church
1190 Delavan Avenue at Bailey, Buffalo,
NY
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Erected: |
1911 |
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Additions: |
1930 Raised clerestory; three stage bell tower |
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Architects: |
Schmill & Gould See also: Corpus Christi RC Church |
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Style: |
Renaissance Revival |
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Building material: |
Indiana limestone |
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Bailey Ave. facade |
Partially free-standing 1930 three-stage bell tower (campanile) |
Top story of bell tower (campanile) |
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Two niches containing statues of St. Gerard and St.Joseph. |
Corinthian pilasters ... Rounded pediment ... balustraded balconet |
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St. Gerard's School at left; Front entrances |
Vitruvian
scroll ... acanthus leaves ... |
Pedimented main entrance |
Flanking Ionic pilasters ... pedimented main portal: |
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South elevation |
Text sources:
- "Houses of Worship: A Guide to the Religious Architecture of Buffalo, New York," by James Napora. Master of Architecture Thesis. Found at Buffalo Central Library NA5235 B8 N37 1995
- "Church Tales of the Niagara Frontier : Legends, History & Architecture," by Austin M. Fox, et. al. Pub. by Western New York Wares, 1994 (online 9/13)
