Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Parsonage (Rich Fountain, Missouri)

Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Parsonage is a historic Roman Catholic church located on Route U in Rich Fountain in Osage County, Missouri. The church was built in 1879, and is a one-story, rectangular building constructed of cut- and squared buff-limestone rubble blocks. It measures approximately 45 feet by 140 feet and has a gabled, red tile roof installed in 1925. The church displays vernacular Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival design elements. It features a bell and clock tower with its slate-shingled cone steeple, gabled vent dormers and Vendramini windows at cardinal points. The associated parsonage was built in 1881, and is a limestone rubble block building with segmental arched windows.[2]^:2

Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Parsonage
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Route U, Rich Fountain, Missouri
Coordinates	38°23′49″N 91°52′53″W
Area	2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built	1879, 1881
Built by	Mr. Gosse
Architectural style	Vernacular Gothic-German
NRHP reference No.	82003155[1]
Added to NRHP	September 9, 1982

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Noelle Soren (August 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dauphine Hotel" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 11 photographs from 1980)