St. Michael's Church Complex, also known as St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church, is a historic Roman Catholic church complex located at

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. The church was founded to serve the German immigrant community in

. The church is a late 19th-century

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structure, 170 by 80 feet, with a steeple 180 feet high. St Mikes Hall Baltimore

The complex consists of seven main buildings: the Church, Girls’ School, Rectory, Boys’ School, Convent, Brothers’ Residence, and the Parish Hall. It was the oldest continuously operating

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Catholic church in Baltimore possessing the largest extant, completely intact Redemptorist complex remaining in the city. St. Michael's Church Complex was listed on the

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in 1989. The church is currently a brewery called Ministry of Brewing. The former altar holds brewing vessels for beer production.

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*, including photo from 1988, at Maryland Historical Trust Butchers Hill, Baltimore German-American culture in Baltimore Roman Catholic churches in Baltimore Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore Redemptorist churches in the United States Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland {{Maryland-RC-church-stub