Sacred Heart RC Church / Witness Cathedral - Table of Contents

Sacred Heart RC Church / Witness Cathedral
200 Emslie Street, Buffalo, NY

Erected:

1913

Architect:

Schmill & Gould
Previous site:
696  Seneca Street
For more information:
James Napora, Houses of Worship: A Guide to the Religious Architecture of Buffalo, New York

Preservation Ready Sites (online September 2021)


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Church
Sacred Heart of Jesus
1875-1913

Note school to the right (demolished December 2008)


Statue of Jesus pointing to his sacred heart

Moderately rounded arches with buttressing on sides

Compound arch


School at right

Crenelated belfry

Witness Cathedral
Winter 2005

School (demolished December 2008)

School (demolished December 2008)

School - herringbone pattern in bricks (demolished December 2008)

Rectory - (Demolished June 2017)



Rectory - king post

(Demolished June 2017)

Rectory - vergeboard

(Demolished June 2017)





Photos and their arrangement © 2005 Chuck LaChiusa
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