Decker's Chapel


Decker's Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

File:Deckers Chapel.JPG Decker's Chapel, April 2010
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Location	Jct. Earth Rd. and PA 255, St. Marys, Pennsylvania
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Area	less than one acre
Built	1856
Architect	Decker, Michael
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	98001367^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1998

Decker's Chapel is a historic chapel on Earth Road and PA 255 in St. Marys, Elk County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Erie.

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It was built in 1856 and is a one-story gable-end oriented and clapboard clad wood-frame structure. It measures 12 feet by 18 feet and contains a single, plastered room. It features a rectangular steeple with an open belfry capped with a cross tipped, pyramidal roof. Also on the property is a granite commemorative marker dedicated in 1928 to Monsignor Michael Joseph Decker.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

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View showing marker dedicated in 1928 to Monsignor Michael Joseph Decker, April 2010

View showing marker dedicated in 1928 to Monsignor Michael Joseph Decker, April 2010

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