15746 Union Avenue Harvey

Exact Construction Date: 1956

Primary Materials: Brick

Secondary Materials: Stone

Architect | Builder: George S. Smith, AIA

Current Use: St. John the Baptist Church
(at time of survey)

Building Classification: Building

Primary Type: Religion

Sub Type: Church

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Noteworthy Classification Features:

This Renaissance Revival church has a rounded stone archway surrounding the entrance, flanked with double colonettes. A rose window, richly carved Indiana limestone details, sits prominently above the entrance. The main façade is topped with a pediment surrounded with limestone and filled with brick. The pediment sits on double pilasters with Corinthian capitals in limestone. Clay tile can be seen on the roof. A round apse designates the sanctuary. A tower is capped with a hip roof clad in clay tiles.

Roof Form: Gable

Surveyors: J. Smagner, J. Mavrogenes, L. May

Survey Date: 3/13/19

Noteworthy Site Features:

Parking lot

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