St. Anthony's Catholic Church (Okmulgee, Oklahoma)
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St. Anthony's Catholic Church is a historic
Spanish Colonial Revival The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial espaƱola) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the ...
-style church at 515 S. Morton Street in
Okmulgee, Oklahoma Okmulgee is a city in, and the county seat of, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. The name is from the Mvskoke word ''okimulgee,'' which means "boiling waters".Bamburg, Maxine"Okmulgee,"''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Accessed June 16 ...
, United States. It was built in 1927 and added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1983.See also the National Register of Historic Places listings in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma The interior features tall, smooth-shafted Corinthian columns topped with capitals enriched with acanthus leaves, caulicoli, and molded abacus. It also contains an high
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and stone
altar An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship. They are used particularly in paga ...
imported from
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soon after the church was built. With


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Mission Revival architecture in Oklahoma Buildings and structures in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Roman Catholic churches completed in 1927 Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa National Register of Historic Places in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States {{Oklahoma-church-stub