Decker's Chapel


Decker's Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Decker's Chapel, April 2010
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Location	Jct. Earth Rd. and PA 255, St. Marys, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°24′3″N 78°33′39″W / 41.40083°N 78.56083°W / 41.40083; -78.56083Coordinates: 41°24′3″N 78°33′39″W / 41.40083°N 78.56083°W / 41.40083; -78.56083
Area	less than one acre
Built	1856
Architect	Decker, Michael
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #	98001367^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1998

Decker's Chapel is a historic chapel on Earth Road and PA 255 in St. Marys, Elk County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Erie.

Description

It was built in 1856 and is a one story gable-end oriented and clapboard clad wood frame structure. It measures 12 feet by 18 feet and contains a single, plastered room. It features a rectangular steeple with an open belfry capped with a cross tipped, pyramidal roof. Also on the property is a granite commemorative marker dedicated in 1928 to Monsignor Michael Joseph Decker.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

Gallery

View showing marker dedicated in 1928 to Monsignor Michael Joseph Decker, April 2010

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Retrieved 2010-04-10. Note: This includes David L. Taylor (May 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Decker's Chapel" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-04-10. and "Accompanying Photo".

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Diocese of Erie

Ordinaries	Bishops Michael O'Connor Joshua Maria Young Tobias Mullen John Edmund Fitzmaurice John Mark Gannon John Francis Whealon Alfred Michael Watson Michael Joseph Murphy Donald Walter Trautman Lawrence Thomas Persico Auxiliary bishops John Mark Gannon Edward Peter McManaman Alfred Michael Watson

Churches	Cathedral St. Peter Cathedral, Erie Parishes Decker's Chapel, St. Marys, Elk County St. Severin's Old Log Church, Cooper Settlement

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