The Church of the Sacred Heart | |
Location | 1401 Perry St., Richmond, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°31′21″N 77°26′57″W / 37.52250°N 77.44917°W |
Area | 0.7 acres (0.28 ha) |
Built | 1901 |
Architect | McGuire, Joseph Hubert, Sitterding, Fritz |
Architectural style | Renaissance |
NRHP reference No. | 02001368 [1] |
VLR No. | 127-0676 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 20, 2002 |
Designated VLR | September 11, 2002 [2] |
The Church of the Sacred Heart, is a Catholic church in Richmond, Virginia that was built in 1901. The congregation was initially Irish and German. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]
In 1901 Sacred Heart Church, designed by Joseph Hubert McGuire, was built using funding provided by Ida Mary Barry Ryan on land purchased in 1876 by Bishop James Gibbons. [4] Ryan and her husbland would later fund construction of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. [5] The first pastor was Rev. Thomas J. Waters. [6]
The parish hosts the South Richmond conference of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.