St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Millvale, Pennsylvania)

Not to be confused with St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Troy Hill, Pennsylvania).
St. Nicholas Croatian Church
St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Millvale, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Millvale, Pennsylvania)
St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Millvale, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Millvale, Pennsylvania)
Location24 Maryland Ave., Millvale, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°28′37.36″N 79°58′10.88″W / 40.4770444°N 79.9696889°W / 40.4770444; -79.9696889
Built1922
ArchitectFrederick C. Sauer (1860–1942)
NRHP reference No.80003404[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1980
Designated PHLF1979[2]

St. Nicholas Croatian Church is a Roman Catholic church in Millvale, Pennsylvania, US within the Diocese of Pittsburgh. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is noted for its murals by Maxo Vanka,[3] painted in 1937 and 1941, such as Immigrant Mother Raises Her Sons for American Industry[4] and The Capitalist.[5][6] Time in 1937 described the murals as "one of the few distinguished sets of church murals in the U. S."[7]

St. Nicholas remains an active parish church in the Diocese of Pittsburgh as of 2023. In 2019 it was reorganized as a personal (non-territorial) parish within the Shrines of Pittsburgh, a grouping of six churches with unique histories which the diocese hoped to promote as pilgrimage and visitor destinations.[8]

Altar of the St Nicholas Catholic Church in Millvale, PA, USA, painted by Maxo Vanka
  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  3. ^ "Home". vankamurals.org.
  4. ^ http://vankamurals.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MuralsLG_1545.jpg Archived 2017-03-17 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL image file]
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2018-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Petrucelli, Alan W. (2008). "A fresh look: Viewing Vanka murals a religious experience". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (July 14). Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  7. ^ "Art: Millvale Murals". Time. July 19, 1937. ISSN 0040-781X.
  8. ^ Kirkland, Kyle (May 20, 2019). "Grouping of 5 shrines aims to draw Catholics, visitors". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Clippings of the first page and second page via Newspapers.com. Retrieved December 10, 2022.