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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Decker's Chapel

Decker's Chapel is a historic chapel on Earth Road and PA 255 in St. Marys, Elk County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Erie.

Description

It was built in 1856 and is a one-story gable-end oriented and clapboard clad wood-frame structure. It measures 12 feet by 18 feet and contains a single, plastered room. It features a rectangular steeple with an open belfry capped with a cross tipped, pyramidal roof. Also on the property is a granite commemorative marker dedicated in 1928 to Monsignor Michael Joseph Decker.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2010. Note: This includes David L. Taylor (May 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Decker's Chapel" (PDF). Retrieved April 10, 2010. and "Accompanying Photo".