NRHP Reference # 73001053 Area 8,000 m² | Built 1893 Opened 1893 Added to NRHP 19 June 1973 | |
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Architect Brother Joseph Carignano Address St Ignatius, MT 59865, USA Similar St Mary's Mission, Rocky Mountains, Mission Mountains, National Bison Range, St Francis Xavier Church | ||
The St. Ignatius Mission is a landmark Roman Catholic mission founded at its present location, St. Ignatius, Montana, in 1854 by Father Pierre-Jean De Smet and Father Adrian Hoecken. The current mission church was built between 1891 and 1893, and listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The mission church serves the St. Ignatius parish within the Missoula Deanery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena.
Architecture
The mission church is a simplified, vernacular example of Gothic revival architecture constructed of bricks made from native clay. The most exceptional feature of the interior are the 58 murals painted by Brother Joseph Carignano, an untrained artist who worked as a cook in the mission.
References
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