Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, is currently located at 2900 McCarran Way in

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, United States. It is part of the

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History

The former location on Prater Way in Sparks, Nevada was a brick

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that was built in 1932 to replace an earlier church that was built in 1905 but destroyed by a fire in 1930. It was designed by prolific Nevada architect Frederic J. DeLongchamps (1882-1969) in

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architecture. It was used as a Catholic church as late as 2004 when construction on a larger building was completed and the parish moved to current location. When the older building on Prater Way, Sparks, Nevada was photographed in 2014, it was operating under the name "Iglesia Cristiana Monte Sinai".See

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The older church building on Prater Way was listed on the

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in 1992. The building was deemed significant as the oldest surviving Catholic church in Sparks, as one of the first built in Nevada after the state became a

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under 1931 decree of

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, and architecturally as a relatively rare use of Mediterranean Revival style in Nevada and "one of the many outstanding works" of DeLongchamps. Its original form is "somewhat obscured" by a 1970 addition of a vestibule and porch on the front, added to provide handicapped access, but the addition was designed to be compatible architecturally. and The newer location had further construction in 2006 to build a Faith Foundation building in the east end of the parking lot. That construction was completed in 2007.

Gallery

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and eucharist adoration in a

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at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Sparks Nevada

References

External links

Official Website for Immaculate Conception Catholic Church - Sparks, NevadaDiocese of Reno
Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno Roman Catholic churches completed in 1932 National Register of Historic Places in Washoe County, Nevada Mediterranean Revival architecture Roman Catholic churches in Nevada Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps buildings 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States {{Nevada-RC-church-stub