St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church and Rectory
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St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church and Rectory
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Portland Historic Landmark
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The church and rectory in 2008
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| Location | 1635 NW 19th Avenue Portland, Oregon |
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| Coordinates | 45°32′05″N 122°41′28″W / 45.534675°N 122.691033°WCoordinates: 45°32′05″N 122°41′28″W / 45.534675°N 122.691033°W |
| Built | 1891 |
| Architect | Otto Kleeman |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| NRHP Reference # | 74001713 |
| Added to NRHP | May 1, 1974 |
St. Patrick Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon in the Northwest District of Portland, Oregon, United States. The historic church building is the oldest still used as such in Portland. In 1974, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church and Rectory.
The church was originally designed by Otto Kleemann in the Second Renaissance Revival style; it is the only remaining Kleemann church in Portland. The original plans called for a brick structure, but with the foundation already laid, the material was changed to Clackamas County basalt.
The church is cruciform, with an Italianate hipped dome and spire rising 35 feet above the ridge of the roof. The bays are separated by Ionic pilasters extending from the basement to the entablature. The stained glass windows represent some of the earliest work of the Povey Brothers Studio.
The interior of the church was not completed until 1914, when the plaster and lath were decorated with murals in honor of the church's silver jubilee. Swiss artist Phillip Staehli was commissioned to reproduce pictures from Trinity College, Dublin; he painted a fresco of the Transfiguration of Jesus above the tabernacle and altar, flanked by lifesize paintings of Saint Patrick and Saint Bridget. Along the nave are frescoes of the principal saints of Ireland, most of which survive: Columba, Kieran, Fridolin, Canice, Colman, Gall, Virgilius, Columbkille, Brendan, Jarith, Lawrence O'Toole, Malachy, and Ailbe.
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