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photography: Rachel H. Sangree
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Structural Form: |
church; dome (hidden),
barrel-vaulted ceiling, timber Howe trusses |
| Engineer / Architect: |
Maximilien Godefroy |
| Year Built: |
1818 |
| Location: |
Charles and Franklin
Streets
Baltimore, MD
[Standalone Map] |
| Historical
Details: |
Noted by architecture books for its simple design and minimal
ornamentation...[more] |
| Technical
Details: |
While it was originally
intended to have one interior shallow dome (as can be seen from the
exterior)... [more] |
| References: |
J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture
(Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD (1997), p.
107.
[more] |
Other Images
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| Historical
Details: |
Noted by architecture books for its simple design and minimal
ornamentation, this building was Godefroy's answer to Latrobe's
Basilica of the Assumption, which was being built at the same time. |
| Technical
Details: |
While it was originally intended to have one interior shallow dome
(as can be seen from the exterior), the acoustics were so bad that
in 1893, Joseph Sperry renovated the interior to a barrel vault
ceiling which sits below the original dome. |
| References: |
J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore
Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD
(1997), p. 107.
M.E Hayward and F.R. Shivers, Jr., the Architecture of Baltimore: An
Illustrated History, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
(2004), p. 83. |
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