Saint Benedict - Our Lady of Montserrat, or simply St. Benedict's Church, is a
Catholic church in
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford () is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, outside of Manhattan. It is Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 ...
, in the
Diocese of Bridgeport
The Diocese of Bridgeport is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the southwestern part of the state of Connecticut, and its boundaries are the same as that of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Ther ...
. The historic brick
Neo-Tudor church at 1A St. Benedict's Circle was built in 1930 and added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The architect was
Henry F. Ludorf
Henry F. Ludorf (1888–1968) was an American architect who specialized in churches and schools mostly for Polish-American Catholic clients in New England.
Childhood and architectural education
Ludorf was born in Chicago in 1899 and gradu ...
of
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
. The exterior uses a variety of building materials, including brick, ashlar stone, timbering, and stucco.
The church's main facade is asymmetrically arranged with its entrance on the left, under a handsome timber-frame porch, and a stone tower to the right which is topped by a bellpot roof.
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See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Stamford, Connecticut
References
External links
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1930
Tudor Revival architecture in Connecticut
Roman Catholic churches in Stamford, Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
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