S. Barbaras Church - Chicopee, KS - Country Churches on Waymarking.com

This was part of our Kansas Historical Tour.
We were in the area for Geocoinfest 2007 and we stopped and several benchmarks along the way.

We have liked doing the Old Churches since we began Geocaching.
And now we have a chance to share our adventures through Waymarking.

BENCHMARK HE1005:

Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1935 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (CAS) THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS THE BASE OF THE CROSS ON THE SPIRE OF THE ST. BARBARAS CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE CHURCH IS A WHITE STUCCO BUILDING WITH A SQUARE STUCCO TOWER AT THE EAST CENTER OVER THE ENTRANCE. THE UPPER PART OF THE TOWER IS AN OCTAGONAL WITH A LOUVERED WINDOW ON EACH OF FOUR SIDES. THE TOWER IS SURMOUNTED BY OCTAGONAL RED SPIRE. THE SPIRE HAS A TRIANGULAR SHAPED DORMER ON EACH SIDE AT THE BASE. FOUR OF THE DORMERS HAVE A SMALL CROSS AT THE OUTER END OF THE RIDGE OF THE ROOF. THERE IS A LARGE CROSS AT THE TIP OF THE SPIRE. THE TOWER AND SPIRE IS ABOUT 90 FEET HIGH AND IS VERY PROMINENT. THE BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1922. THE CHURCH IS ABOUT 3 MILES SW OF PITTSBURG IN THE VILLAGE OF CHICOPEE. IT IS ABOUT 0.2 MILE S OF THE JOPLIN-PITTSBURG RAILROAD TRACK WHICH RUNS ALONG AN E-W SECTION LINE ROAD, ABOUT 30 FEET W OF THE CENTER LINE OF A SECTION LINE ROAD, AND ABOUT 40 FEET S OF THE CENTER LINE OF A T-ROAD W.

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Church Name: ST. BARBARAS CATHOLIC CHURCH Church In Use (even only just occassionally): yes Date Church Built: 1922 Rate this church.:

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