St. Joseph's Catholic Mission Church

	St. Joseph's Catholic Mission Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	St. Joseph's Catholic Mission Church St. Joseph's Catholic Mission Church
Location	3497 Montana Highway 284; Townsend, Montana
Coordinates	46°24′32″N 111°26′55″W / 46.40889°N 111.44861°W
Built by	Thomas Howell
NRHP reference No.	98001339
Added to NRHP	November 5, 1998

St. Joseph's Catholic Mission Church is a site on the National Register of Historic Places located in Townsend, Montana. It was added to the Register on November 5, 1998. Originally a Catholic church, the building is now a museum known as Canton Church Historic Site.

The church was built during 1875–76. According to its NRHP nomination, it is "the oldest extant example of secular Roman Catholic church architecture in Montana. It is also a rare example of Colonial Style architecture. The addition of a belfry and steeple in 1902 somewhat altered the church's Colonial appearance, but still carried forward its earlier design features."^[2]

The church building was moved to its current location in 1954 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in order to save it from demolition.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Jim Holland (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Joseph's Catholic Mission Church / Canton Church". National Park Service. Retrieved July 29, 2017. With nine photos, historic and from 1998.

External links

Media related to St. Joseph's Catholic Mission Church at Wikimedia Commons

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Jim Holland (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Joseph's Catholic Mission Church / Canton Church". National Park Service. Retrieved July 29, 2017. With nine photos, historic and from 1998.

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