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St. Rita's Colored Catholic Mission

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
07000280

Added to NRHP
  
13 April 2007

Built
  
1899 (1899)

Opened
  
1899

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Location
  
314 Duss St., New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Similar
  
Daytona Lagoon, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Westland Mall, Dry Tortugas National, Overlook Park

The St. Rita's Colored Catholic Mission is a historic building in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States. Built in 1899 as Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Faulkner Street, it was relocated to 314 Duss Street in 1956 to serve as a Catholic Mission to the African-American community. Today, it is the Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum. On April 13, 2007, the building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

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St. Rita's Colored Catholic Mission Wikipedia