St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex is a historic

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complex located at 122-142 S. Wyoming Street in Hazleton,

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within the

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Description

The St. Gabriel's complex consists of the church (1925),

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(1907-1908), and former

convent A convent is an enclosed community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The term is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...

(1937). The church is a high French Gothic Revival steel frame building clad in pink

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with Indiana

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trim. It features twin

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s with triple entrance portals at the front facade. The rectory is a three-story, wood-frame building in the

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style. The convent was designed by architect

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(1892–1977), and is a four-story building clad in granite ashlar and limestone. It was converted to affordable

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s and offices in 1998–1999. The church was founded in 1855. ''Note:'' This includes It merged with Annunciation Parish. It was added to the

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in 2002. File:St Gabes Convent Hazelton LuzCo PA.JPG, Convent building in 2013 File:St. Gabriel's R. C. Church, Hazelton, Pa (68656).jpg, Postcard c. 1940

References

External links

St. Gabriel's Catholic Church website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Gabriels Catholic Parish Complex Roman Catholic churches completed in 1908 Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Gothic Revival church buildings in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Churches in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Hazleton, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 1908 establishments in Pennsylvania 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States