Monastery at Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church Auraria Higher Education Center
Creator(s)
Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
Summary
View of the Friary, at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church (St. Elizabeth's Church), designed by architect Jacques Benedict in 1936 and located at 1060 St. Francis Way, on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus, Denver, Colorado. The monastery is attached to the church, and was rebuilt on the old foundations by the May Bonfils Trust. Shows part of the exterior colonnade with a statue of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary located in a flat arched niche framed with two pilasters. Two of the mosaic stations of the cross are on either side of the statue. The colonnade is supported by columns with Corinthian capitols.
Notes
1060 Saint Francis Way, formerly 11th Street; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title, date and attribution derived from inventory prepared by Jacquelyn Ainlay-Conley.; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.; R7001510383
Physical Description
1 slide : color.
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook 1st-13th Street.
Subject
Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Colonnades.; Historic buildings.; Monasteries.; Sculpture.; Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Monasteries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Source
Tom Noel.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
