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St. Michael's Catholic Church Complex

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fleeing harsh conditions in the east. The town of Spalding, named after Bishop Spalding, was established in 1881, and a small frame church was built the following year and dedicated to St. Michael.
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front with corner battlements. The parapet wall shows a prominent wall cornice which arches at the pavilion and continues around the east and west facades.
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The congregation outgrew the brick church as well, and James Henry Craddock of Omaha was hired to design a newer building; Craddock also designed the
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of the present structure was laid in 1909, and Bishop Scannell dedicated the new church on September 29, 1914.
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The community soon outgrew the frame church, and a new brick church was built in 1890. It was dedicated by
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parish church was designed by J.H. Craddock, modeled after a 13th-century church in Belgium. Built on a
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from Kentucky. A new school building and a new convent were completed in 1913 and 1927 respectively.
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In 1879, the Irish Catholic Colonization Association was incorporated, following development work by
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to the east of the academy was erected by the Our Lady of Lourdes graduating class of 1937.
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The academy building is a rectangular two-story brick edifice completed in 1912, a
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This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in Nebraska is a
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on June 9, 1891. The first church was remodeled into a school, staffed by the
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The convent building, built during 1926–27, was designed by Omaha architect
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20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
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with elbowed fronts and stone copings penetrate the roofline. A
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Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, O'Connor
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interpretation of the Renaissance Revival style. Gabled wall
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The building is mostly brick, including detail work such as
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Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island
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Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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St. Michael's Catholic Church Complex is located in Nebraska
St. Michael's Catholic Church Complex is located in the United States
Spalding, Nebraska
41°41′25″N 98°21′46″W / 41.69028°N 98.36278°W / 41.69028; -98.36278
Nachtigall, Jacob M.
Gothic Revival
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parish
Catholic Church
Spalding, Nebraska
Diocese of Grand Island
Gothic Revival
cruciform plan
rose window
pointed arches
hoodmold
corbeling
gable
buttress
copings
water table
vernacular
dormers
grotto
Jacob M. Nachtigal
pilasters
pedimented
James O'Connor

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