St. Mary's Catholic School

Built in 1906 on the north side of Fourth Street in Elyria, Ohio, St. Marys Catholic School is a three-story brick building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It has a rock-faced sandstone base, sandstone sills and lintels around the doors and windows, and a hip roof of slate. A projecting front tower holds the entrance portal at its base and a bell tower above, topped by a pyramidal roof. The school forms part of a group of church buildings that provide educational facilities for St. Marys parish, the first Catholic parish formed in Lorain County, which predates the Cleveland Catholic Diocese by two years. It is regarded as a very early Catholic school and an excellent example of turn-of-the-century school architecture. The building remains in use as a school, with both interior and exterior in good condition despite some interior alterations. It stands in a residential area, surrounded by other church structures, with older houses across the street.