Saint Michael's of Rochester Roman Catholic church located in Rochester, New York. Standing at 246 ft, it is the 10th tallest building in Rochester. It is a currently active parish church within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, Monroe Central Deanery, and is one of three churches that make up the Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini Parish, alongside Church of the Annunciation, and Our Lady of the Americas Church. Masses at St. Michael’s Church are currently only celebrated in Spanish.

History

It is a Gothic Revival-style stone church in the form of a Latin cross, 177 ft long and 92 ft feet wide. It was designed by German-born architect, Adolphus Druiding. Plans and designs for the church began in 1887, and in 1890 it was finished and dedicated. The Lockport sandstone and Medina brownstone were hauled by barge down the Erie Canal. The building was designed to seat 1,100 parishioners. The organ was built by J. W. Steere & Son Organ Company of Springfield, Mass and has 2,169 pipes. The church bells were manufactured by the Meneely and Kimberly foundry, and by the McShane Bell Foundry. The first pastor of the church was Fridolin Pascalar, who served from 1874 until 1896.

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