St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (Denver)

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, also known as St. Joseph's Redemptorist Church, is a historic church at 600 Galapago in Denver, Colorado. It was built in 1888 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Parish in Denver
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
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Location	600 Galapago, Denver, Colorado
Coordinates	39°43′34″N 104°59′44″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1888
Architectural style	Gothic
NRHP reference No.	82002295[1]
CSRHP No.	5DV.25
Added to NRHP	June 3, 1982

The church was deemed significant in part "as an example of the style of institutional architecture which was predominant in Denver during the 1880s - 90s. The architecture takes on greater significance because of one feature of the building—the stained glass windows. All of them are American-made, an apparently unusual circumstance for the time, as the common conception of the people at the time St. Joseph's was built was that church windows had to be imported from Europe. The stained glass windows are also unique in that they contain clear prisms."[2]

St Joseph's was the site of a mass excommunication of more than 100 parishioners, after it was found that Father Malone had embezzled a large sum of money. 637 Galapago (also known as the Samsonite house), across the street from the church was built for the sum of $12,000 in the name of Father Malone's mother. The embezzled sum was also $12,000. 637 Galapago was sold the day before an archbishop was brought in from New Mexico to investigate the matter.[3][2]