St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House
National Register of Historic Places

St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House

Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky
Listed
July 11, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
76000931

About this property

St. Thomas Church is a Catholic parish church of the Archdiocese of Louisville located in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States. A seminary, the first Catholic seminary on the American frontier, moved to the Howard–Flaget House on the church property in 1795 and continued to operate there until 1869. The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth were founded at the church in 1812. The parish church was established in 1806, and the current Neo-Gothic brick church was completed in 1816. The present church was designed by Maximilian Godefroy and modeled off of St. Mary's Seminary Chapel in Baltimore, Maryland. The church and other historic buildings on the property were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Location

Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky
37.76687, -85.48360

Categories

EDUCATIONEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTARCHITECTURERELIGIONSOCIAL HISTORY
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Sources

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When was St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House listed on the National Register?

St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 11, 1976.

What type of historic resource is St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House?

St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1795.

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