Name/Title
St. Francis Xavier Church with its new roofEntry/Object ID
1995.001.2473Description
5"h x 7"w black and white photo of St. Francis Xavier Church at Newtown. This view was of the long side of the sanctuary. There was a three sided vestibule with a pyramid roof. The bell tower was just behind the point of the vestibule roof and was four sided with a pyramid roof. There was a louvered arch on each face. The tower was topped with a sphere and a cross. The vestibule was two stories tall with a three over three double hung window in the two visible faces of the second floor. There was an etched? leaded glass? window next to the door on the first floor. The double door was very plain and only two steps above the ground. There was a light on a pole to guide worshipers to the entrance. The sanctuary had a gable roof with the bell tower on the peak at the entry, a small metal chimney about halfway down the length of the peak and an outside end chimney at the opposite gable end. There was a separate roof to cover a small projection of the building on the far end. There were five decorated windows in the sanctuary. Near the entry, there was a small high six over six double hung window, perhaps to light the stairs to the choir loft. At the far end of the sanctuary, there was a door into the sacristy with a four or five light transom window. The new roof was complete on the sanctuary, but the vestibule roof was not finished and the bell tower needed work. There was a wire fence around the whole building.
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Text on verso: in blue ball point ink "Photo by Chas. E. Fenwick" and in blue stamp ink "43" and in pencil "Side view St. Francis Xavier Church Newtown, Md. Built 1766"Collection
Charles E. Fenwick CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Print Size: 5" x 7"Location
Container
Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Photo Box 3Shelf
Rack 08, Shelf 4Rack
Rack 08Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 1Building
Tudor HallContainer
Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Photo Box 3Shelf
Rack 08, Shelf 4Rack
Rack 08Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 1Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Fenwick, Charles Edward (1910-1993)Related Places
Place
* Untyped Place
St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church