| Immaculate Conception Church | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location | 2900 McCarran Way, Sparks, Nevada |
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| Coordinates | 39°32′18.35″N 119°45′9.3″W / 39.5384306°N 119.752583°W / 39.5384306; -119.752583 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1932 |
| Architect | DeLongchamps, Frederick J. |
| Architectural style | Mediterranean Revival |
| MPS | Architecture of Frederick J. DeLongchamps TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001700 |
| Added to NRHP | December 23, 1992 |
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, is currently located at 2900 McCarran Way in Sparks, Nevada, United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno.
History
The former location on Prater Way in Sparks, Nevada was a brick Roman Catholic church that was built in 1932 to replace an earlier church that was built in 1905 but destroyed by a fire in 1930. It was designed by prolific Nevada architect Frederic J. DeLongchamps (1882-1969) in Mediterranean Revival architecture.
It was used as a Catholic church as late as 2004 when construction on a larger building was completed and the parish moved to current location. When the older building on Prater Way, Sparks, Nevada was photographed in 2014, it was operating under the name "Iglesia Cristiana Monte Sinai".
The older church building on Prater Way was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The building was deemed significant as the oldest surviving Catholic church in Sparks, as one of the first built in Nevada after the state became a diocese under 1931 decree of Pope Pius XI, and architecturally as a relatively rare use of Mediterranean Revival style in Nevada and "one of the many outstanding works" of DeLongchamps.
Its original form is "somewhat obscured" by a 1970 addition of a vestibule and porch on the front, added to provide handicapped access, but the addition was designed to be compatible architecturally.
The newer location had further construction in 2006 to build a Faith Foundation building in the east end of the parking lot. That construction was completed in 2007.
Gallery
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Interior of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church during eucharistic adoration
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Detail of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sparks, Nevada tabernacle and eucharist adoration in a monstrance.
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Eucharistic Adoration during Day of the Dead 2017
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Day of the Dead 2017 - interior of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sparks Nevada
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Detail of Day of the Dead 2017 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sparks Nevada
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Praying during visit of Our Lady of Fatima
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Our Lady of Fatima at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sparks Nevada
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Icon of Thetokos of Tikhvin - Mother of God at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sparks Nevada
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Nicoletta, Julie (2000). Buildings of Nevada. Oxford University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-19-514139-9.
- Chiat, Marilyn J. (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community. John Wiley & Sons. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-471-14502-8.
- "Our History". Immaculate Conception Church.
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- ^ Ana Beth Koval, Patricia Lawrence-Dietz and Lucy Scheid (September 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Immaculate Conception Church". National Park Service. and accompanying six photos
External links
- Official Website for Immaculate Conception Catholic Church - Sparks, Nevada
- Diocese of Reno Archived 2021-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
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- Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1932
- National Register of Historic Places in Washoe County, Nevada
- Mediterranean Revival architecture
- Roman Catholic churches in Nevada
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
- Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps buildings
- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States