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United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form <br />NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 <br />St. Adalbert Church Complex St. Joseph, IN <br />Name of Property County and State <br />Section 7 page 4 <br /> <br /> <br />_____________________________________________________________________________ <br />7. Description <br /> <br /> Architectural Classification <br /> (Enter categories from instructions.) <br /> LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS: Italian Renaissance Revival <br /> LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS: Late Gothic Revival <br /> MODERN MOVEMENT <br /> ___________________ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) <br />foundation: _STONE: Limestone_______ <br />walls: _BRICK_________________ <br /> _METAL: Aluminum______ <br /> STONE: Limestone_______ <br />roof: _SYNTHETICS___________ <br />other: ________________________ <br /> ________________________ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Narrative Description <br />(Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe <br />contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that <br />briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, <br />method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has <br />historic integrity.) <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Summary Paragraph <br /> <br />The St. Adalbert Church Complex comprises four buildings and two objects constructed from <br />1910 to 1963: St. Adalbert School (1909-11), Parish Rectory (1914-15), St. Adalbert Church <br />(1923-26), Felician Convent (1963), and monuments to World War I and II (1919, 1951). The <br />buildings reflect Polish migrants’ transformation of rural life into socio-religious complexes that <br />responded to industrial capitalism in the urban Midwest. From the elegant arches and brick <br />quoins of the Italian Renaissance Revival school to the towering gothic vaults of the cathedral- <br />size Late Gothic Revival church, the St. Adalbert Complex is architecturally diverse and rich in <br />religious art. With only minimal alteration, the St. Adalbert Church Complex is in excellent <br />condition and exemplary of Polish American religious architecture. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________ <br />Narrative Description