Our
Lady of Perpetual Help – Table of Contents
EXTERIOR
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help RC Church
115 O’Connell Street, Buffalo NY
Built: |
1897-1900 |
Architect: |
Lansing
& Beierl |
Style: |
Gothic
Revival |
Rectory
architect: |
Lansing & Beierl |
Original
street name: |
Sandusky Street |
Current
street name: |
Renamed O'Connell Street in honor of the founder and first pastor of the church, Father Richard C. O'Connell |
May
27, 2022 Photos
Facade ![]() "PETS": With the advent of the school (1909), the parish became known affectionately as "Pets" to students and adults alike. ![]() Note rectory at right, also designed by Lansing & Beierl ![]() Photo taken before November 1955 when the louvered bell tower was removed after being severely damaged in a windstorm ![]() Gothic
Revival style
Medina
sandstone
West tower
never
completed
Steeple
above the louvered belfry
was removed in November 1955 after being severely
damaged in a windstorm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Voussoirs
surround
Rose
window ![]() Louvered belfry
![]() Main entrance
Course
(greenish color)
Pointed Gothic
hoodmold
Painted
blue wooden tracery
in tympanum
Exterior
Medina
sandstone walls and stairs ![]() Medina
sandstone voussoirs
surround
Trefoil
wooden tracery ![]() Tower never completed because of lack of funds
|
East elevation ![]() Tower,
nave,
and transept
Note
Our Lady of Perpetual Help grotto
in
foreground
Upper
clearstory
stained
glass windows
Lower
arcade
stained glass windows
![]() ![]() Upper clearstory stained glass windows Lower arcade stained glass windows Our Lady of Perpetual Help grotto
![]() Arcade
window with trefoil
tracery ![]() Transept
features stained
glass window
Detail below: ![]() ![]() Our Lady of Perpetual Help grotto |
South and east elevations
![]() ![]() Clearstory
stained
glass windows in apse
![]() Clearstory stained glass windows in apse ![]() |
Rectory ![]() Architect: Lansing & Beierl Note grotto at lower left of photo |