{"nrhp_refnum":"82002278","name":"Saint Mary's Parish","other_names":["Sacred Heart Catholic Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"515 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Red Bluff","county":"Tehama County","state":"CA","lat":40.17548520100007,"lon":-122.233930725,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Saint Mary's Parish, now Sacred Heart Catholic Church, is a brick church at 515 Main Street in Red Bluff, Tehama County, California, built in 1906 and designed by architect William H. Weeks.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an architectural and religious landmark in Northern California, described as the oldest solid brick church in the region and the oldest church in Red Bluff. It is credited to the prominent architect William H. Weeks and has 120-foot twin towers. Its interior fresco decoration is described by a museum director as unmatched in quality and preservation between Sacramento and Portland.","narrative":"Sacred Heart Catholic Church, originally Saint Mary's Parish, is a brick church at 515 Main Street in Red Bluff, completed in 1906. William H. Weeks, a prolific California architect, designed it with Gothic and Romanesque features. Its most recognizable elements are twin 120-foot towers, a slate-gabled roof, a symmetrical front facade, and a stained glass rose window about 14 feet across. Materials came from California sources, including slate from Placerville, and construction cost $30,000. Inside, beamed ceilings, golden oak paneling, stained glass, and a ceiling fresco attributed to Luigi Brusatori survive. A museum director judged the decoration unmatched in quality and preservation between Sacramento and Portland. The church is described as the oldest solid brick church in Northern California and the oldest in Red Bluff. At construction it had the largest congregation north of Sacramento, and it has served as a focal point of local religious life.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"William Henry Weeks - architect; builder unknown","architectural_style":"Gothic and Romanesque characteristics (also described as Neo-classic and Romanesque)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site and in religious use; cracking plaster beneath the interior frescoes is noted as a problem.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.355975-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002278.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002278/0b1ecaab9a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002278/0b1ecaab9a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"NoeHill","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Marys_Parish_in_Red_Bluff_California_September_2006.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NoeHill</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Marys_Parish_in_Red_Bluff_California_September_2006.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862192","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_Parish_(Red_Bluff,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7401838"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/tehama-county/saint-marys-parish-82002278/"}