The St. Joseph Catholic Church in

Hardin, Montana Hardin is a city in and the county seat of Big Horn County, Montana, United States. The population was 3,818 at the 2020 census. It is located just north of the Crow Indian Reservation. History The city was named for Samuel Hardin, a friend ...

, located at 710 N. Custer Ave., is a

Late Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

-style church built in 1919. It was built by contractor J.W. Russell. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1991. The church was deemed an "excellent example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture on a scale suited to a small, western rural town." It has a generally vertical character. Gothic Revival elements of its design include its steep roofs, its tall central portico rising to a steeple, and its tall Gothic-shaped windows with

tracery Tracery is an architectural device by which windows (or screens, panels, and vaults) are divided into sections of various proportions by stone ''bars'' or ''ribs'' of moulding. Most commonly, it refers to the stonework elements that support th ...

and transoms. With .

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana Late Gothic Revival architecture Gothic Revival architecture in Montana Roman Catholic churches completed in 1919 National Register of Historic Places in Big Horn County, Montana 1919 establishments in Montana Roman Catholic churches in Montana {{Montana-RC-church-stub