St. Michael's Catholic Church - Baltimore MD - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

St. Michael's Church Complex, Baltimore MD is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form:
SIGNIFICANCE SUMMARY: St. Michael's Church and the religious community formed by its buildings is associated with the significant waves of German Catholic immigrants that settled in East Baltimore during the mid-19th century and the Redemptorists who took charge of these German Catholics as part of their mission here in Baltimore.

As a religious missionary order, the Redemptorists made considerable contributions to the education and assimilation of German Catholic immigrants who produced necessary labor for the railroads and assisted in the industrial transition of Baltimore during the second half of the 19th century. The Redemptorists used the School Sisters of Notre Dame as their educators in their parochial schools, which at one time had one of the largest enrollments in Baltimore.

Finally, the longevity of St. Michael's Church as a Redemptorist church designates it as the oldest continuously operating Redemptorist Catholic church in Baltimore possessing the largest extant, completely intact Redemptorist complex remaining in the city.

Michael's Church is a late 19th century Romanesque Revival, rectangular shaped, attached structure surrounded by six related secondary buildings and one small outbuilding with construction dates ranging from 1857-1860, 1870-1874, 1884, 1900 and circa 1896-1914.

These buildings make up the community at St. Michael's in the Washington Hill section of East Baltimore. This complex occupies 1.5 acres and is bounded (roughly) by E. Lombard Street to the south, s. Chapel Street on -the east, E. Baltimore Street on the north and Durham Street to the west.

The cornerstone of St. Michael's was laid August 2, 1857, and the church was completed and opened on December 26, 1859. In the spring of 1861 a 180 foot tower and steeple surmounted by a gilt cross was constructed over the existing sacristy at the rear of the church and a small bell hung in the tower.

Yet after a few years the tower began to deteriorate and was in serious danger of falling down. In 1866 it was decided to remove the tower and it was not replaced for 23 years.

Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 08/02/1857 Age of Church building determined by?: Cornerstone or plaque Street address of Church: 1900 East Lombard Street Baltimore, MD United States 21231 Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Not listed If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Not listed Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: Not Listed

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