St. Patrick's Church
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- New Orleans, LA
St. Patrick's Church was completed in 1840 for a parish founded in 1833 to serve the English-speaking Irish Catholics who had settled in Faubourg St. Mary, the developing "American Quarter" upriver from the French Quarter. It is the second-oldest parish in New Orleans after St. Louis Cathedral, and its Gothic Revival design is recognized as a National Historic Landmark, one of the earliest and finest examples of the style in the country.
the building
An Irish parish in the American Quarter. Early 19th-century Irish immigration brought a wave of English-speaking Catholics to New Orleans, and many settled not in the French Quarter but in Faubourg St. Mary, the American Quarter across Canal Street, where St. Patrick's was built to serve them.
the style
St. Patrick's is considered one of the nation's earliest and finest examples of Gothic Revival church architecture, a recognition central to its designation as a National Historic Landmark.
More on Gothic Revivalsignificance
Designated a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, St. Patrick's is the second-oldest Catholic parish in New Orleans, founded in 1833, just seven years before the current 1840 building was completed.
nearby
- Gallier Hall
- Confederate Memorial Hall
- Hancock Whitney Center
- Howard Library
- Plaza Tower
- United States Custom House