St. Luke's Mission of Mercy

St. Luke's Mission of Mercy - Table of Contents

Facade - St. Luke's Mission of Mercy
Formerly St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church
325 Walden Avenue (Sycamore at Oberlin streets), Buffalo NY

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Basilican Italian Romanesque style.
Built as a replica of the Church of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. Note the detached campanile and baptistry.

Freestanding but connected bell tower (campanile) at left.
Octagonal baptistry at right.

Freestanding but connected bell tower (campanile).
Finial on campanile: Cross bottony
Terra cotta roof.

Terra cotta frieze

Old Testament characters

Terra cotta St. Matthew the Evangelist (iconography)
Center arch design: guilloche

St. Mark the Evangelist (iconography)

St. Luke the Evangelist (iconography)

St. John the Evangelist (iconography)

Special thanks to Founders Amy Betros and Norman Paolini for their cooperation in 2010
and to Consultant Gregory Witul for assistance in research in 2010.