St. Peter the Apostle Church
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St. Peter the Apostle Church and Buildings
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St. Peter the Apostle Church, Baltimore, MD
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| Location | 11 and 13 S. Poppleton St. and 848 Hollins St., Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°17′17″N 76°37′56″W / 39.28806°N 76.63222°WCoordinates: 39°17′17″N 76°37′56″W / 39.28806°N 76.63222°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1843 |
| Architect | Long, Robert Cary,Jr.; Et al. |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 76002184 |
| Added to NRHP | October 14, 1976 |
St. Peter the Apostle Church was a Roman Catholic church located within the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland. Constructed at the northwest corner of Hollins and South Poppleton Streets (848 Hollins) and (11-13 South Poppleton), it was often referred to as "The Mother Church of West Baltimore."
The church was built in 1842 to minister to the growing Irish population of old West Baltimore, who had immigrated to the city in vast numbers to work for the B&O Railroad.
Robert Cary Long, Jr., a prominent local "ecumenical architect," (both secular and religious) and son of a similarly famous accomplished father of the same name designed the church in the Greek revival style with imposing granite pillars gracing the facade of the building. Its appearance is similar to the now landmark Lloyd Street Synagogue off East Baltimore Street, also designed by Long, a year later for the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation in the Jonestown/Old Town neighborhood of East Baltimore, across the Jones Falls. Among others, Long also designed the third church for Old St. Paul's (1814-1817) which burned in 1854. and the Franklin Street Presbyterian Church (1847) at Cathedral and West Franklin Streets The design was based on Athens' Temple of Hephaestus. The interior of the church features a large, open nave furnished with wooden pews. Behind the altar stood in an apse adorned with white columns, and punctuated with an imposing white marble tabernacle. It contained statues of angels and the holy family, and was topped with a large statue of Saint Peter. The inscription above the tabernacle read, "Tu Es Petrus," a reference to the biblical passage, "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church" (Matt. 16:18). The church also had a historic tracker organ designed by Henry Niemann. The organ was removed to storage when the building was sold to Carter Memorial Church of God in Christ in 2012.
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