EXTERIOR - St. John the Evangelist RC Church
2319 Seneca Street, Buffalo, NY

Built:	1930-1931
Architect:	Carl Schmill & Sons
Style:	Italian Romanesque Revival Basilica style
Status:	Closed by the RC Diocese in 2009

Facade    ...    Italian Romanesque Revival    ...    Ohio sandstone - identical to that on City Hall Cornerstone Stylized leaves on frieze (rinceau)    ...    Carved panels   ...    Twisted columns Bas-relief panel: St. Matthew the Evangelist icon Bas-relief panel: St. John the Evangelist icon Bas-relief panel: St. Luke the Evangelist icon Stylized leaves on frieze (rinceau)    ...     Engaged  twisted columns Finial: Cross bottony    ...    Terra cotta tile roof    ...    Raking cornice: rinceau Terra cotta tile roof    ...    Raking cornice: rinceau Terra cotta tile roof    ...    Raking cornice: rinceau    ...    Engaged square column with waterleaves decorating capital    ...    Ohio sandstone Engaged square column with waterleaves decorating capital Rose window encircled by rope molding Note statue of St. John the Evangelist and carved eagle over entrance. The eagle is an icon of St. John. St. John the Evangelist St. John the Evangelist Tympanum: The eagle is an icon of St. John the Evangelist (Apostle)   ...    Rope molding    ...    Stylized leaves on frieze (rinceau    ...    Engaged  twisted columns Cornerstone    ...    Romanesque window: coupled semicircular headed lights with central colonettes    ...    Rinceau on window frieze    ...    Carved lion head is icon of St. Mark the Evangelist    ...    Ohio sandstone Romanesque  window: coupled semicircular headed lights with central colonettes    ...    Rinceau on window frieze    ...    Carved lion head is icon of St. Mark the Evangelist Semicircular headed Romanesque stained glass window    ...    Note lead (came) between the glass pieces. South elevation    ...    Note clearstory stained glass windows  on basilican style church Ohio sandstone

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