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St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church

Coordinates: 40°4′55″N 79°45′8″W / 40.08194°N 79.75222°W / 40.08194; -79.75222
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St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church is located in Pennsylvania
St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church is located in the United States
St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
Location504 S. Liberty St., Perryopolis, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°4′55″N 79°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]

Front of the church

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.