3181 West 41st Street, Cleveland; 1899-1903, dedicated 1903. Because of structural problems, the tops of the bell towers and the central dome were razed in 1962. The remainder of the towers was razed in 1993. Italian Renaissance.

Exterior: Berea Sandstone. Most of the stone is rock-faced and set in courses. Portions of the stone on the front (west) side of the church are set in alternating courses of thicker, rock-faced blocks and thinner, smoother-faced blocks. Some of the sandstone has exfoliated. The front steps are also sandstone. Columns in the front of the church and an inset panel above the front door are pink granite.

Interior: The narthex has wainscoting of two types: a coarser-grained, gray true marble with dark gray veining (possibly Georgia marble (Murphy Marble)); and another, finer-grained, whiter-colored variety of marble. Wainscoting in the church is brown faux marble. The pillars in the choir loft are faux marble. The base of the walls in the transept and some other parts of the church are a coarse-grained gray and white marble. New marble altars and statuary were installed in the late 1920s and the east side of the interior was reconstructed again in 1949. The side altars are a white marble with gray streaks; their bases are a similar marble. These altars have small pillars of an orange-red limestone, mottled with white, and panels of a yellowish white marble with muted gray veining. The original main altar is true white marble. It has columns consisting of a base of golden Siena marble and inset panels of white and light purple breccia. The altar platform is a slightly different white marble. The colonnade behind the original main altar is composed of several types of marble. The base is Verde Antique. Large pillars are a yellowish breccia, smaller pillars are a white breccia with gray veining. The wall beneath the pillars and railing is golden Siena marble with insets of a white breccia with purplish veining. Some parts of the balustrade are plaster.

References: Anonymous, 1974; Anonymous, 1997b.

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