St. Patrick's Church (New Orleans)
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St. Patrick's Church
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St. Patrick's Church, 724 Camp Street; parish rectory to the right
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| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 29°56′47.92″N 90°4′11.42″W / 29.9466444°N 90.0698389°WCoordinates: 29°56′47.92″N 90°4′11.42″W / 29.9466444°N 90.0698389°W |
| Built | 1837 |
| Architect | Dakin & Dakin; Gallier,James,Sr. |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
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| Added to NRHP | May 30, 1974 |
| Designated NHL | May 30, 1974 |
St. Patrick's Church is a Catholic church and parish in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The parish was founded in 1833, and the current structure was completed in 1840. It is the second-oldest parish in New Orleans (the oldest parish is St. Louis Cathedral), located upriver from the French Quarter at 724 Camp Street in what is now the Central Business District. The building, a National Historic Landmark, is one of the nation's earliest and finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture.
The first major development in New Orleans outside of the Vieux Carré was Faubourg St. Mary, begun after 1788; the area is now the core of the Central Business District and Warehouse District. The Faubourg came to be known as the "American Quarter," as differentiated from the French Quarter. Irish immigration in the early nineteenth century brought English-speaking Catholics to the city, many of whom settled in the new commercial district of Faubourg St. Mary. The religious and linguistic demographics of the city were changing; Catholicism in New Orleans had been dominated by the Creoles, descendants of the French and Spanish settlers of the previous century. By the 1830s, a church was needed for those who did not speak French.
In 1833, Bishop Leo-Raymond de Neckere established a new parish in Faubourg St. Mary, St. Patrick's Church. Construction of a permanent church building began later in the decade and was completed in 1840. During the 1849-1851 rebuilding of St. Louis Cathedral, the church was named pro-cathedral of the diocese.
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