Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church Auraria Higher Education Center.
Creator(s)
Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
Summary
View of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church (St. Elizabeth's Church, architect Father Adrian, O.S.F. 1898) and Friary (Architect, Jacques Benedict 1936), 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 building has a gable roof, arched stained glass windows, a central round stained glass window with tracery, and three arched doorways with Corinthian columns. A statue of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary is in a niche over the main doors. The building has a turret and a large stone and shale roofed steeple with clocks. An open arcade with columns is on the side of the building. The Friary (monastery) is attached to the church, rebuilt in1936 on the old foundations by the May Bonfils Trust, the building has a colonnade, a green slate roof, and dentils. The apse of the Shrine to Saint Francis extends from the flat facade and has a large external niche that contains a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi. The entry has a small vestibule with a gabled roof and a compound arch.
Date
2009
Notes
1060 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.; R7001510375
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.; Catholic churches.; Historic buildings.; Monasteries.; 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.; 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.
