Decker's Chapel

United States historic place


Decker's Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Decker's Chapel, April 2010
41°24′3″N 78°33′39″W / 41.40083°N 78.56083°W / 41.40083; -78.56083
Area	less than one acre
Built	1856
Architect	Decker, Michael
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	98001367^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1998

Decker's Chapel is a historic chapel on Earth Road and PA 255 in St. Marys, Elk County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Erie.

Description

It was built in 1856 and is a one-story gable-end oriented and clapboard clad wood-frame structure. It measures 12 feet by 18 feet and contains a single, plastered room. It features a rectangular steeple with an open belfry capped with a cross tipped, pyramidal roof. Also on the property is a granite commemorative marker dedicated in 1928 to Monsignor Michael Joseph Decker.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

Gallery

View showing marker dedicated in 1928 to Monsignor Michael Joseph Decker, April 2010

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2010. Note: This includes David L. Taylor (May 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Decker's Chapel" (PDF). Retrieved April 10, 2010. and "Accompanying Photo".^{[permanent dead link]}

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie

Ordinaries

Bishops: Michael O'Connor; Joshua Maria Young; Tobias Mullen; John Edmund Fitzmaurice; John Mark Gannon; John Francis Whealon; Alfred Michael Watson; Michael Joseph Murphy; Donald Walter Trautman; Lawrence T. Persico

Auxiliary bishops: John Mark Gannon; Edward Peter McManaman; Alfred Michael Watson

Churches

Cathedral: St. Peter Cathedral, Erie

Parishes: Decker's Chapel, St. Marys, Elk County; St. Severin's Old Log Church, Cooper Settlement; Sacred Heart Church, Sharon

Education

High schools: Cathedral Preparatory School, Erie; Central Catholic High School, DuBois; Elk County Catholic High School, St. Marys; Kennedy Catholic High School, Hermitage; Mercyhurst Preparatory School, Erie; Venango Catholic High School, Oil City; Villa Maria Academy, Erie

Diocesan seminary: St. Mark Seminary

Priests

Lawrence Eugene Brandt

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