2. St. Adalbert Church Complex - National Register Nomination

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United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 St. Adalbert Church Complex St. Joseph, IN Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 6 circular arches. Beneath the limestone and brick cornice and the first story windows, brick bands run the length of the sides. The far west-end of the structure, which served as the Felician Convent, was demolished in 1974. A small addition with a kitchen was added in 1980. St. Adalbert Rectory, 1914-15, Italian Renaissance Revival Likely Gault & Gault, architects. The second structure of the complex, the unusually large rectory of St. Adalbert Church was built in 1914-15 following construction of the church-school as a residence for priests. The three- story Renaissance revival structure bears a strong resemblance to the church-school and may have been designed by the same architects, Gault & Gault, based in Terre Haute. However, newspaper articles also note the contribution of Rev. Kubacki who oversaw construction of both buildings and may have contributed to the design. To reduce costs, materials were recycled from the demolished Methodist Episcopal Church on Main and Jefferson Streets, including columns and common brick used on the interior. The exterior is vitrified red brick with limestone trim. The main façade faces north to Huron Street and is richly decorated. The façade is symmetrically arranged with a central entrance porch supported by four columns and four pilasters. Atop the porch is a balcony with a brick pediment featuring a limestone shield and cross. Cornices, column and pilaster capitals and bases are all in limestone. The basement level is excavated with a row of windows. The masonry is in running bond, with a row of soldiers punctuated by limestone pieces at the corners. Another layer of running bond is between a rowlock course underneath a limestone cornice. The first story is composed of brick bands with a large limestone cornice running across the façade above the windows. Three rowlock courses frame the second story windows with large limestone keystones. The second and third stories are united by banded brick quoins and banded brick pilasters on both sides of the porch. A single rowlock course is above the third story windows with limestone blocks at the upper corners of each. In the center, three simplified Corinthian columns frame two windows with limestone semicircular arches and corbels. Two courses of brick dentils compose the eaves. A rowlock course stretches underneath the limestone cornice. Above, a central voluted parapet with an episcopal shield and cross surmounts the façade with limestone trim. The east façade has three irregular parts. At north, a single set of windows with decoration mirroring the front façade. The central part is a three-story bay window. The first floor has a single stained-glass window of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, underneath a segmental arch with a row of headers. A row of soldiers from the segmental arch continues across the façade, with limestone blocks at the corners. The second story is identical to the first, but without a segmental arch and stained-glass window. The third story has two windows with decorative limestone and dentils above. The southern segment of the façade is a large porch supported by four simplified Doric columns with limestone capitals and bases. To the side of the porch is a small staircase and entrance portal with brick dentil eaves. The second and third story balconies are decorated with square and rectangular insets. The west façade mirrors the south façade, but does not have a porch. The south façade is undecorated, with limestone cornices at the second and third stories and four corner windows. The southwest corner of the porch is a chimney that extends beyond the roofline.