San Francisco Landmark #252

Here we present information on the church's history and on the many artisans who helped make the church a beautiful landmark.

This page is under construction. New information will be added in the near future.

Reference: Frank Shea, Shea & Shea, H. A. Minton, James Duval Phelan, Alice Phelan Sullivan, George Moscone, Eleanor Spreckels, Lawrence Mario Giannini, Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, Fr. John Cottle, Rev. William D. McKinnon, John McQuarrie, Richardsonian Romanesque, Séamus Murphy, Easter Rising 1916, Harry Clarke Studios, Piero Ruffatti, Francisco Ruffatti, Fratelli Ruffatti, Monsignor Robert F. Hayburn, Ted Allen Worth, Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, San Francisco Earthquake 1906 & 1989, SF. Landmark Ordinance, National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historic Resources, Van Ness Avenue Area Plan - Significant Building, Here Today, 1976 Citywide Architecctural Survey.

St. Brigid Church, an Architectural Gem

• National Register of Historic Places   August 11, 1995

• History Timeline 1860 to 1999
  

  Click on the following years to view the history timeline:
  1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1960s 1980s 1990s
  [PDF version] (file size= 7MB)

  
   

  
• Séamus Murphy, the Irish Sculptor
  • Bio: Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
    
    Excerpt: "Séamus Murphy was born near Mallow, county Cork. ...
    and in 1947 carved the Apostles and St Brigid for a church in San Francisco... " [read more]

  • Book: "The Works of Séamus Murphy, Sculptor 1907-1975"

  • Book: "Stone Mad"

  • News article: "The twelve Irish apostles" (written by Alan Counihan, Cork Examiner Tuesday, December 3, 1985)

  • Reference: Copied verbatim from books held by the Library of the United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco. (c.c.)

  
   

• Sculptures by Gladding McBean & Co., Lincoln, California, 1930s
  

  Slide Show:     Previous   Next Photos: Courtesy of Gladding McBean & Co.

  
  Gladding McBean's website: www.gladdingmcbean.com.

   

   

• "Great Old Houses" (#97 written by Anne Bloomfield, The New Fillmore, April 1994, Volume 8, Number 12)

External Links: St. Brigid's Church Streets of Old Splendid Structure by Hank Donat, San Francisco-based journalist.

Other related references:

• The Ruffatti Organ
  (Designed by Piero Ruffatti, Francisco Ruffatti; partners in the firm of Fratelli Ruffatti, Padua, Italy)

• The Stained Glass Windows page
  (Designed and made by the Harry Clarke Studio, Dublin, Ireland)

  "Stained Glass Windows" ... Article written by Rev. Monsignor Robert F. Hayburn, 6-27-1982

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