Detail View: Architecture and Urban Planning Collection: Mutter Gottes Kirche

Work Record ID: 
8584
Reproduction Record ID: 
8584
Work Class: 
Architecture
Work Type: 
churches (buildings)
Title: 
Mother of God Church
Title Type: 
preferred
Title: 
Mutter Gottes Kirche
Title Type: 
alternate
Date: 
1871
Date Type: 
creation
Location: 
Covington (Kentucky)
Location Type: 
site
Location: 
119 West 6th Street (Covington, Kentucky)
Style Period: 
Renaissance Revival
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Architecture--United States
Subject: 
Covington (Kentucky)
Subject: 
murals (any medium)
Subject: 
clock towers (towers)
Subject: 
crucifixes
Subject: 
woodwork
Subject: 
National Register of Historic Places
Description: 
The first Mother of God Church was established by German Catholics as a church and parochial school, and was dedicated in 1842. The building soon was strained to capacity, and was destroyed in 1870, with the replacement built on its site. In 1906, the school was opened as a separate facility across the road, which was closed in 1961 due to low enrollment. In 1986 the cupola was severely damaged by a tornado, and during the restoration process the building was set alight by a welding torch. The restoration was ultimately successful, and the total cost exceeded $1 million. The Mother of God Church contains murals by Johann Schmitt, a Northern Kentucky muralist whose work was commissioned by the Vatican and who served as an early teacher of prominent Cincinnati artist Frank Duveneck.
Information Source: 
https://www.kentonlibrary.org/genealogy/regional-history/covington/downtown/mother-of-god-church-mutter-gottes-kirche Accessed 12/22/14
Reproduction Creator: 
Cincinnati Preservation Association
Reproduction Creator Type: 
donor
Reproduction Date: 
1987
Reproduction Date Type: 
creation
Reproduction View: 
Front facade
Reproduction View Type: 
exterior view
Reproduction Information Source: 
Cincinnati Preservation Association
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
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