Name/Title
Saint Aloysius Roman Catholic ChurchEntry/Object ID
1995.001.2342Description
This off-white, dingy card has a black and white photo of Saint Aloysius Church in Leonardtown. The photographer was in Washington Street looking back at the building. There was a sidewalk and then what looked to be new plantings between the sidewalk and the parking lot. The church itself had a long gable roof and an open bell tower with bell and a tall black six sided steeple with a flared bottom--for all the world like a witch's hat. Below the eaves on the long wall were six low rectangular windows; four of them may have had shades. Close to the front corner of the building was an entry door between severe columns topped by a pediment. On that floor were five tall rectangular window openings, but the windows were all of the pointed arch variety, three lights over two. There was a low gable roofed sacristy behind the church that had an entry door and one window. Behind that was a small hipped roof addition up on pilings that had a single window on the visible side. This church became structurally unsound and was demolished in the early 1960s.
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Text below image: "St. Aloysius R. C. Church, Leonardtown, Maryland" Verso: "Pub. by Harry M. Jones, Leonardtown, Maryland" and "Eagle Quality--the Eagle Post Card view Co., New York"
The card was postmarked May 30, 1909 from Britton? MD. bearing a green one cent stamp with a profile of Benjamin Franklin. The writer, J. C. Howard, was apparently an insurance agent asking R. H. Garner, George Gough and a Mr. Jameson to send premiums directly to Howard.Collection
Charles E. Fenwick CollectionDimensions
Height
3-1/2 inWidth
5-1/2 inLocation
Container
Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Photo Box 2Shelf
Rack 08, Shelf 4Rack
Rack 08Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 1Building
Tudor HallRelationships
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Place
* Untyped Place
St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church (Leonardtown, Md.)