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Decker's Chapel

Decker's Chapel
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Decker's Chapel, April 2010
Decker's Chapel is located in Pennsylvania
Decker's Chapel
Decker's Chapel is located in the US
Decker's Chapel
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
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.

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.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

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



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