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Date

Spring 3-1978

Description

The Sacred Heart Catholic Church is one of the oldest churches in the city of Tampa, Florida. Originally deeded to be at Ashley Drive and Twiggs Street, the Sacred Heart Church was constructed in 1859 on North Florida Ave. With a growing parish, the church gained an addition of two wings in 1883. Finally in 1905, at a cost of $300,000 the Jesuits rebuilt the current standing structure similar to the original. The church was designed in the Romanesque style with the exterior being a combination of white marble and granite.

A total of 70 stained glass windows decorate the building. The most prominent of the windows are the 3 vertical ones on the left side of this photo. The larger middle panel depicts the risen Christ. The two surrounding panels depict scenes after Christ rose. These include one of Mary Magdalene and Martha as they approach the tomb and another of two soldiers fleeing from the opening tomb.

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http://www.sacredheartfla.org/resources/ParishHistory.shtml

(accessed 26 Mar 2012)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Catholic_Church_%28Tampa,_Florida%29 (accessed 26 Mar 2012)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_J._Clayton

(accessed 26 Mar 2012)

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Creator 2 Dates

1840-1916

Creator 2 Role

Architect

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

Tampa, Florida, churches, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, downtown

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