St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark — PHLF
Location	2208 East Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°28′1.32″N 80°0′0.03″W / 40.4670333°N 80.0000083°WCoordinates: 40°28′1.32″N 80°0′0.03″W / 40.4670333°N 80.0000083°W
Area	0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built	1925 and 1926
Architect	A.F. Link
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival, Byzantine Revival, Italianate
NRHP Reference #	81000525[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1981
Designated PHLF	1974[2]

St. Boniface Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in the East Street Valley neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Description

The parish was founded in 1884 by German-Americans.^[3] The church building located at 2208 East Street was constructed in 1925 and 1926, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The church has a three bay nave, and a pendentive dome. Guastavino tile system on the dome and interior vaulting, and the exterior is cased in limestone with some carving.

Today, the church is used by Holy Wisdom Parish, a 1994 union between St. Ambrose Parish in Spring Hill and St. Boniface.^[4] It is also home to St. John XXIII Personal Quasi-Parish,^[5] which is dedicated exclusively to the Traditional Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite^[6]). St. John XXIII Parish website.

References

1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
3. "Die St. Bonifazius Kirche, Nordfeite"
4. "Holy Wisdom". Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
5. "Saint John XXIII Personal Quasi-Parish". Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
6. "Extraordinary form of the Roman Rite".