St. Augustine Church, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, United States
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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- Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗
- ReferenceGCatholic↗
- Further readingEncyclopædia Britannica↗
St. Augustine Catholic Church in Philadelphia is a Palladian-style edifice designed by architect Napoleon LeBrun and consecrated in 1848. Built to replace an earlier church destroyed during the anti-Catholic Philadelphia Nativist Riots of 1844, its construction was funded by a settlement awarded to the parish after the city failed to provide adequate protection during those attacks. The current structure, which broke ground in May 1847, represents a significant moment in American Catholic architectural history, succeeding the original 1801 church—the first Augustinian foundation in the United States and former home of the Liberty Bell's "Sister Bell." The church is recognized on both the National Register of Historic Places and as a Pennsylvania state historical marker.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- church building
- Heritage
- Pennsylvania state historical marker, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Philadelphia, United States
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