Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel (Cheektowaga, New York)

Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel (Cheektowaga, New York)
Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians
Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel (Cheektowaga, New York) is located in New York
Location: 4125 Union Rd., Cheektowaga, New York
Coordinates: 42°55′34″N 78°45′14″W / 42.92611°N 78.75389°W / 42.92611; -78.75389Coordinates: 42°55′34″N 78°45′14″W / 42.92611°N 78.75389°W / 42.92611; -78.75389
Built: 1853
Architect: Batt, Joseph; Foit & Baschnagel
Architectural style: Greek Revival
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#:

78001851

[1]
Added to NRHP: December 14, 1978

Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians, also known as the Maria Hilf Chapel, is a historic Roman Catholic church located at Cheektowaga in Erie County, New York. It was constructed in 1853, in the Greek Revival style, as a religious center for the rural Alsatian community and pilgrimage site for urban Alsatian, German, Polish, and Italian immigrants to Our Lady Help of Christians. The interior features a barrel vault ceiling, wooden church mobiliary, frescos, paintings, and other features that reflect an Alsatian village church.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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