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The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic church located at 353 Peachtree Street NE in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The current building was completed in 1898. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and was designated a minor basilica in 2010.
The church traces its origins to 1880, when the parish of Saints Peter and Paul was established to cover the northern part of the city. In 1897, the Marist Fathers took over responsibility for the parish and began constructing the current church, which was designed by Walter T. Downing with elements of French Romanesque and Romanesque Revival architecture. It was dedicated the following year as the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, leading to the new name of the parish. The church saw steady growth during its first few decades and by 1917 was one of the largest parishes operated by the Marists. This group returned operation of the church to the Archdiocese of Atlanta in the 1960s. In the following decades, the area around the church went through a period of decline, and there were concerns that the church would close. However, it continued to operate and saw a growth in its congregation. In 1995, Mother Teresa attended Mass at the church and the building celebrated its 100th anniversary three years later. By 2010, the church had a congregation of about 1,300 families, and it is one of the few buildings constructed around the turn of the 20th century that is still standing in Atlanta.
History
Parish of Saints Peter and Paul
In the late 1800s, the population of Atlanta increased as the city's development grew northward from its downtown.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn With this growth came an increased demand from Catholics for a church in the northern part of the city,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn which at the time was within the parish served by the Church of the Immaculate Conception.Шаблон:Sfn On February 28, 1880,Шаблон:Sfn Bishop William Hickley Gross of the Diocese of Savannah established a new parish for the area known as the parish of Saints Peter and Paul.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn This parish, which was carved out of territory that had previously been served by Immaculate Conception,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn covered all of the city north of Edgewood Avenue, the Georgia Railroad, and the Western and Atlantic Railroad.Шаблон:Sfn Soon after its formation, a wooden structure was quickly erected on Marietta StreetШаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn to serve as the parish's church building.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The year of its formation, this parish had about 250 members in its congregation.Шаблон:Sfn The parish saw its first baptism on April 6 1880,Шаблон:Sfn and later that year the Sisters of Mercy established a parish school that had about 125 students.Шаблон:Sfn However, the school closed in 1892 due to financial difficulties.Шаблон:Sfn
Establishment of Sacred Heart
In 1897, Bishop Thomas Albert Andrew Becker of Savannah asked the Marist Fathers to help in the diocese's efforts in Atlanta and its missions in north Georgia,Шаблон:Sfn a territory that covered approximately Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn The Marists accepted on May 12 and by the following month had appointed a new pastor for the parish.Шаблон:Sfn Upon taking over operations for Saints Peter and Paul, they determined that the current buildings were in poor condition and in an unsuitable location,Шаблон:Sfn and they began to plan the construction of a new church.Шаблон:Sfn On July 14,Шаблон:Sfn they spent $12,000Шаблон:Sfn to purchase land at the corner of Peachtree Street and Ivy Street for this new building,Шаблон:Sfn which was to be designed by Walter T. Downing, an Atlanta-based architect.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The Marists began a fundraising campaign for the new church and raised $10,851.Шаблон:Sfn Construction commenced in September,Шаблон:Sfn with Mass continuing to be held in the wooden building until the new building was completed.Шаблон:Sfn Work on the new building lasted until 1898,Шаблон:Sfn and the cost significantly exceeded the amount that had been raised by the Marists.Шаблон:Refn On May 1 1898,Шаблон:Sfn the newly completed church building was dedicated by BeckerШаблон:Sfn to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,Шаблон:Sfn leading to the parish being renamed accordingly.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Following this, the old wooden building was abandoned and eventually sold in 1905.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1898, the parish had a congregation of about 340 people.Шаблон:Sfn That same year,Шаблон:Sfn John Edward Gunn became the pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.Шаблон:Sfn During its early years under Gunn, the new church grew at a rapid rate,Шаблон:Sfn and by 1910, the church had a congregation of about 1,250 people.Шаблон:Sfn The church catered to a primarily Irish Catholic population,Шаблон:Sfn which included Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, a noted suffragist who was a member of the church in the early 1900s.Шаблон:Sfn In 1905, the church established a Sunday school in its basement,Шаблон:Sfn and in 1909, members of the Sisters of St. Joseph opened a parochial school in the parish.Шаблон:Sfn Additionally, physical improvements continued to be made to the building, with stained glass windows installed in 1902 and the interior decorated and painted in 1907.Шаблон:Sfn In 1911, Gunn left his position as pastor to become the bishop of the Diocese of Natchez,Шаблон:Sfn with his ordination to the bishopric taking place at the church on August 29.Шаблон:Sfn The following year, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church was established within Sacred Heart's parish territory as the first "non-territorial" Catholic church in the city, with a mission to serve the city's African American population.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1913, a new rectory was built for Sacred Heart at a cost of $40,000,Шаблон:Sfn and this building was blessed on March 19 of that year.Шаблон:Sfn At this time, the congregation stood at about 2,000 members, and the parochial school had an enrollment of 260.Шаблон:Sfn Additionally, the Marists had established missions throughout the northern part of the state, primarily in the towns along the several railroad lines that crossed the region.Шаблон:Sfn By 1917, Sacred Heart was one of the largest churches operated by the Marists, with ten priests serving a membership of about 2,500 to 3,000 divided between the main church in Atlanta and the several missions that they were operating in north Georgia.Шаблон:Sfn On June 9, 1920, the church was formally consecrated by Bishop Edward Patrick Allen of the Diocese of Mobile, becoming the first Catholic church in Atlanta to have such a distinction.Шаблон:Sfn In 1924, a dedicated building for the parochial school was built adjacent to the church by the Atlanta-based architectural firm of Pringle and Smith.Шаблон:Sfn In 1938, the church's interior underwent a significant renovation project, and following the completion of this project, the building was blessed by Bishop Gerald O'Hara of Savannah-AtlantaШаблон:Refn on September 11.Шаблон:Sfn
Late 20th century
In 1961, the exterior of the church was refaced.Шаблон:Sfn Several years later, on September 5 1965, the church returned to the administration of the Archdiocese of AtlantaШаблон:Refn as the Marist Fathers refocused their efforts in the city on operating the Our Lady of the Assumption parish.Шаблон:Sfn After about a year of negotiations between the Marists and the archdiocese, this transfer was finalized on September 5 1966.Шаблон:Sfn On May 13 1976, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places, a federal list of historic sites in the United States.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Through the 1970s and 1980s, the area surrounding the church went through a period of decline, and there were concerns that the church might close.Шаблон:Sfn However, the church continued to operate, and it saw several renovation and construction projects during this time, including the completion of a new rectory in 1977 and an extensive interior renovation that commenced in 1978.Шаблон:Sfn During this renovation, the church was the target of an arson attack that damaged its basement, but the rest of the church was relatively unharmed, and the damages were repaired shortly thereafter.Шаблон:Sfn On April 10, 1990, the government of Atlanta declared the church a Landmark Building, a designation to promote historic preservation in the city.Шаблон:Sfn On June 12, 1995,Шаблон:Sfn Mother Teresa visited the church during a trip to Atlanta and took Mass while there.Шаблон:Sfn Several years later, the church celebrated its 100th anniversary with a Mass on May 3 1998.Шаблон:Sfn
Elevation to a minor basilica
By 2010, the church had seen a large growth in its congregation over the past several years and had a membership of about 1,300 families.Шаблон:Refn That same year, the church received the designation of minor basilica from the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, giving the church certain privileges not held by regular churches.Шаблон:Sfn The idea for petitioning the organization for this status had been floated about ten years prior by the church's pastor, but no work was carried out for this goal until about 2007.Шаблон:Sfn The pastor then made a request to the archbishop of Atlanta, who approved it and forwarded it to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, who further forwarded it to the Catholic Church's administration in the Holy See.Шаблон:Sfn The title was granted on February 22,Шаблон:Sfn making it the 67th basilica in the United States and the first in both the archdiocese and the state.Шаблон:Sfn Today, the building is one of the few remaining structures in the area that was built around the turn of the 20th century,Шаблон:Sfn and the parish is one of the oldest operating in the archdiocese.Шаблон:Sfn
Architecture and design
The church is located at 353 Peachtree Street NE,Шаблон:Sfn at the intersection of that road and Peachtree Center Avenue (formerly known as Ivy StreetШаблон:Sfn).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The building's design has elements of both the French RomanesqueШаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn and Romanesque Revival styles,Шаблон:Sfn with architect Robert Michael Craig calling it "one of the finest Romanesque Revival churches in the South".Шаблон:Sfn The main building consists of two stories and has a rectangular layout.Шаблон:Sfn Its exterior is primarily of brick and terracotta,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn with additional ornamentation in marble.Шаблон:Sfn The front of the building consists of an arcade featuring three doorways within rounded arch entryways.Шаблон:Sfn Above these entryways is a flat facade with a large rose window that includes a design of the Sacred Heart.Шаблон:Sfn While the front entrance initially had five granite steps, these were removed in 1912 after Ivy Street was regraded, making them unnecessary.Шаблон:Sfn On either side of the front arcade are two octagonal towers measuring Шаблон:Convert tall,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn both of which are topped with louvered belfries and pavilion roofs.Шаблон:Sfn
The nave of the building consists of high arches leading to the sanctuary, which features a baldachin displaying a crucifix in life-size.Шаблон:Sfn The baldachin covers the church tabernacle.Шаблон:Sfn Above the tabernacle, in the apse, is a depiction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.Шаблон:Sfn On the arch separating the nave from the sanctuary are five symbols.Шаблон:Sfn At the top of the arch is Jesus depicted as the Lamb of God, while other symbols represent the Four Evangelists: a lion (Mark the Evangelist), an eagle (John the Evangelist), a bull (Luke the Evangelist), and a man (Matthew the Apostle).Шаблон:Sfn Closer to ground-level, the arch depicts the seal of the Society of Mary and the seal for the Archdiocese.Шаблон:Sfn 28 stained glass windows line the nave, all designed by the Mayer Studios in Munich,Шаблон:Sfn and it is topped by a gable roof.Шаблон:Sfn
Marist College
In 1901, Pastor Gunn purchased land adjacent to the church to serve as the location for a boys' military academy operated by Sacred Heart.Шаблон:Sfn Construction on this institution, called Marist College, began in June of that year and it opened on October 2, offering a primarily high school curriculum with several college-level courses.Шаблон:Sfn These school's college courses were discontinued around 1905.Шаблон:Sfn The school building itself consisted of three stories plus a basement and there was a gymnasium on the school's campus.Шаблон:Sfn During the 1907–1908 school year, it had an enrollment of about 127 students.Шаблон:Sfn The school saw continued growth during its early years,Шаблон:Sfn and in 1914 it had an enrollment of 140.Шаблон:Sfn During World War I, 85 percent of the school's alumni who joined the United States Army became commissioned officers.Шаблон:Sfn According to a 1917 history book, the school was accredited by the Catholic University of America and the University of the South.Шаблон:Sfn That same year, the school established a Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.Шаблон:Sfn Between 1922 and 1933, the school operated a summer camp on Lake Rabun in Lakemont, Georgia.Шаблон:Sfn By the 1950s, the school had grown to about 225 students, and in 1957, property was purchased north of the city to create a new campus.Шаблон:Sfn In 1962, the school relocated to this new location and was renamed Marist School.Шаблон:Sfn The building near the church was eventually abandoned in 1976 and was later demolished.Шаблон:Sfn
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