Church of St Thomas, the Apostle and Howard-Flaget House
St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House
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Church of St Thomas, the Apostle and Howard-Flaget House
August 1940 |
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Nearest city | Bardstown, Kentucky |
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Built | 1816 |
Architect | Godefroy, Maximilien |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 76000931[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 12, 1976 |
The church of St Thomas, the Apostle and Howard-Flaget House is a historic Roman Catholic church and home located at Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky. The church is a brick, cross-shaped plan with a round apse. It was designed by Baltimore architect Maximilian Godefroy and built 1813-1816. It closely resembles Godefroy's earlier St. Mary's Seminary Chapel in Baltimore, another Sulpician church. St. Thomas is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Kentucky and considered "The Cradle of Catholicism in Kentucky."[2]
St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
References
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. KY-100, "St. Thomas Catholic Church, U.S. Route 31 East, Bardstown vicinity, Nelson County, KY", 8 measured drawings, 5 data pages, supplemental material
- Saint Thomas Parish website
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- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1816
- National Register of Historic Places in Bardstown, Kentucky
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Kentucky
- Roman Catholic churches in Kentucky
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
- Churches in Nelson County, Kentucky
- Buildings and structures in Bardstown, Kentucky
- 1816 establishments in Kentucky
- Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs
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