Decker's Chapel
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Decker's Chapel, April 2010
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Location | Jct. Earth Rd. and PA 255, St. Marys, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 41°24′3″N 78°33′39″W / 41.40083°N 78.56083°WCoordinates: 41°24′3″N 78°33′39″W / 41.40083°N 78.56083°W |
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