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 church is constructed of rusticated rhyolite and built in the Gothic revival style with Romanesque influences. The Friary (monastery), which is attached to the church, was rebuilt on the old foundations by the May Bonfils Trust. Shows the apse of the Shrine to Saint Francis which extends from the flat facade of the building and has a large external niche that contains a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi. The arched niche is attached to the outside of the building and has a gabled top supported by columns and pilasters. The pediment is elaborately decorated. Etched letters around the niche read: "A. 1891 D." "Dominus Dei" and "Deus Meus et Omnia." The apse has carved coursing and letters: " Bonfils Memorial." The entry has a small vestibule with a gabled roof and a compound arch. The arches are decorated with carved animals and vines and the arch pediment has the crest of the Franciscan Order, two arms crossed, leaves and crosses. "O.F.M." is carved below the pediment.
Date
2009
Notes
Saint Francis Way, formerly 11th Street.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title, date and attribution from Auraria spreadsheet.; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.; R7001510391
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--2000-2010.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apses.; Catholic churches.; Doors & doorways.; Historic buildings.; Monasteries.; Statues.; Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apses (Architecture)--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Doorways--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Monasteries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Statues--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.
