Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church complex located within the

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in the Federal Hill neighborhood of

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Description

The complex consists of a group of four brick buildings: an 1860

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church (remodeled in 1885 and 1907), an 1871

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rectory-convent, a 1903

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school, and a 1928

Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...

rectory. The church has a cruciform plan and features a 200-foot

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composed of a 125-foot tower and a 75-foot copper-clad spire. A shallow

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contains the 1886 organ with its stenciled pipes. The Archdiocese listed the church as a

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parish until 1959. Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church was listed on the

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in 2002.

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was assigned to Holy Cross from 1982 to 1992.

Gallery

Image:Holy Cross Church Baltimore Maryland.jpg, A photograph of Holy Cross Church from a 1914 publication

References

External links

*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore
Federal Hill, Baltimore German-American culture in Baltimore Roman Catholic churches in Baltimore Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore Roman Catholic churches completed in 1860 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States Gothic Revival church buildings in Maryland Italianate architecture in Maryland Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Italianate church buildings in the United States {{Maryland-church-stub