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ST. RICHARD CATHOLIC CHURCH

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1966–1967, Biggs, Weir, Neal and Chastain. 1242 Lynnwood Dr.

This church follows formalistically the smaller, similar chapel (1965; demolished in 2018) that the Biggs firm designed for St. Dominic Hospital. Brutalist concrete became a staple in the firm after Edward F. Neal became a partner in 1961. Beaux-Arts-trained Biggs continued to give primacy to the plan while overlaying a modern aesthetic. A disciplined entrance sequence begins under a concrete carillon gateway, proceeds over a concrete bridge with tall, pebble-finish sidewalls, through a vestibule with baptismal font, and into the nave, which has an exposed concrete frame, a concrete-panel reredos, tan brick sidewalls, terrazzo flooring, and a textured concrete ceiling. The cruciform space is lofty and serene, with a clerestory window over the chancel and between the transepts. Various liturgical appointments were designed by Frank Kacmarcik of Minneapolis.

Writing Credits

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Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "ST. RICHARD CATHOLIC CHURCH", [Jackson, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-JM54.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 263-264.

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