St. Michael's Church Complex
St. Michael's Church, May 2012
St. Michael's Church Complex is located in Baltimore
St. Michael's Church Complex
St. Michael's Church Complex is located in Maryland
St. Michael's Church Complex
St. Michael's Church Complex is located in the United States
St. Michael's Church Complex
Location1900-1920 E. Lombard St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39°17′26″N 76°35′24″W / 39.29056°N 76.59000°W / 39.29056; -76.59000
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
ArchitectLong, Louis L.; Davis, Frank E.
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.89000383[1]
Added to NRHPMay 17, 1989

St. Michael's Church Complex, also known as St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church, is a historic Roman Catholic church complex located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The church was founded to serve the German immigrant community in Baltimore. The church is a late 19th-century Romanesque Revival structure, 170 by 80 feet, with a steeple 180 feet high.

Parish Hall

The complex consists of seven main buildings: the Church, Girls’ School, Rectory, Boys’ School, Convent, Brothers’ Residence, and the Parish Hall. It was the oldest continuously operating Redemptorist Catholic church in Baltimore possessing the largest extant, completely intact Redemptorist complex remaining in the city.[2]

St. Michael's Church Complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

The church is currently a brewery called Ministry of Brewing. The former altar holds brewing vessels for beer production.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Caroline Hary Kellam (July 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Michael's Church Complex" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
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