Immaculate Conception

I'm particularly proud of this one, since it happens to be my parish. What you see is the product of forty years of work by three architects. The church was built, in 1897, to a design by E. O. Fallis, the designer of the Valentine Theater and one of Toledo's most prominent architects. The roof was lowered by a full twenty feet after a disastrous fire in 1920. Joseph C. Huber was responsible for the modifications and work on the interior. Finally, in 1938, Wilfred Holtzman added the caps to the towers, with a lot of input from Monsignor Sawkins, the pastor. The rose window was added in 1928 and involved adding 35 tons of stonework to the existing wall, a good feat of engineering. The wrought iron cross on top of the blind arcade is notable, as is the flamboyant tracery of the transom windows. I'm working on a guide to the building and its interior, so you'll be hearing a lot about this parish in the future.