Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief
Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief | |
Location | Clinton Correctional Facility, Cook St., Dannemora, New York |
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Coordinates | 44°43′29″N 73°43′21″W / 44.72472°N 73.72250°W |
Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
Built | 1941 |
Architect | Frederick V. Murphy |
Architectural style | Neogothic |
NRHP reference No. | 91001673[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 21, 1991 |
Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief is a historic Roman Catholic church at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Cook Street in Dannemora, New York.
Description
[edit]St. Dismas Church was built between 1939 and 1941 and is a large Neogothic inspired stone chapel. It was constructed of fieldstones salvaged from several 19th century stone structures already on the site, including the prison's first cell block. The rectangular building measures 52 feet (16 m) by 132 feet (40 m). It features a steeply pitched, slate-clad gable roof and two massive oak entrance doors with Medieval inspired metal strapwork. A 106-foot (32 m) engaged tower with corner buttresses and an octagonal spire is located at the rear corner.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Nancy L. Todd (September 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-06-24. See also: "Accompanying 27 photos".
External links
[edit]- Roman Catholic churches in New York (state)
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1941
- Churches in Clinton County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, New York
- Roman Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Ogdensburg
- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
- Penal system in New York (state)
- Prison religion
- 1941 establishments in New York (state)
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)