St. Boniface Catholic Church is a historic
Roman Catholic
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church
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at
Fulda
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Histor ...
in
Harrison Township,
Spencer County, Indiana
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. Built from 1861 to 1865,
"Parish History"
/ref> it is a one-story, Romanesque Revival
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style brick church with a semi-circular apse
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, on a sandstone
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block foundation, and measures 55 x 139 feet (18 x 42 meters). It has a 150 foot tall entrance tower with spire
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.[ ''Note:'' This includes ]
The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1980.
References
External links
Church website
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Romanesque Revival architecture in Indiana
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1865
Buildings and structures in Spencer County, Indiana
National Register of Historic Places in Spencer County, Indiana
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
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