St Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House
- Also Known As: Bishop's Chapel and House
- Address: 3 mi S of Bardstown off US 31E
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1800/00/00 | Howard-Flaget House is built for Thomas Howard, a farmer, and his wife Ann Gough, 1795-1800. | |||||
| 1810/00/00 | Thomas Howard and his wife Ann Gough will their 340-acre farm to the Bardstown Diocese. | |||||
| 1811/00/00 | Benedict Joseph Flaget | Vocation | Bishop Flaget and Father David set up the seminary in the log house built in 1795 by Thomas Howard. They remained in this log house until a larger brick seminary was built in order to house the greater number of students | |||
| 1813/00/00 | Benedict Joseph Flaget | Vocation | John Rogers is dispatched from Baltimore by Bishop Benedict Flaget as early as 1812-1813 to help design and build a small Gothic Chapel at Saint Thomas Seminary in Bardstown. | |||
| 1813/00/00 | John Rogers (architect) | Architect | John Rogers is dispatched from Baltimore by Bishop Benedict Flaget as early as 1812-1813 to help design and build a small Gothic Chapel at Saint Thomas Seminary in Bardstown. | |||
| 1816/00/00 | Maximilian Godefroy | Architect | Built in 1816, St Thomas Church stands today as the oldest brick Roman Catholic Church in the diocese of Bardstown and in the English-speaking settlements of the Alleghenies. | |||
| 1819/00/00 | St Thomas becomes a preparatory seminary and the main seminary activities are moved to St Josephs in Bardstown. | |||||
| 1869/00/00 | St Thomas preparatory seminary remained in operation until 1869 when all of the students were removed to the main seminary. |
| Particulars for St Thomas Roman Catholic Church and Howard-Flaget House: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Education |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Area of Significance | Exploration-settlement |
| Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Religion |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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