St. Mary's Catholic Church (Caldwell, Idaho)

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = St. Mary's Catholic Church

| nrhp_type =

| image = St. Mary's Catholic Church, Caldwell (1).jpg

| caption = The former St. Mary's Catholic Church in 2019

| location= 616 Dearborn, Caldwell, Idaho

| coordinates = {{coord|43|39|52|N|116|41|29|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=St. Mary's Catholic Church|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Idaho#USA

| built = {{Start date|1925}}

| architect = Tourtellotte & Hummel

| architecture = Italianate Romanesque Revival

| builder = McNeel, H. J.

| added = November 17, 1982

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64000170.pdf Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR]

| refnum = 82000332{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

}}

St. Mary's Catholic Church is a red brick, Italianate Romanesque Revival building designed by Tourtellotte and Hummel and constructed by H.J. McNeel in 1925 in Caldwell, Idaho. The church features an 80-ft tower, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=82000332}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Mary's Catholic Church |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= |accessdate=February 7, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=82000332|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}

Originally intended as the Church of the Immaculate Conception,{{cite news |title=Contract Let for $16,000 Church at Caldwell |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=September 29, 1925 |page=8}} the building was known as St. Mary's Catholic Church by 1930 or earlier.{{cite news |title=Thomas Burns' Body Will Lie in State |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=December 8, 1930 |page=7}}

The church was designed to seat a congregation of 300 persons,{{cite news |title=Construction of New Church Under Way |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=October 3, 1925 |page=7}} and it remained in service as a Catholic building until 2003, when larger Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church opened in Caldwell.{{cite news |title=Court interpreter provides Spanish speakers access to courts |author=Mike Butts |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=April 18, 2002 |page=1}}{{cite news |title=Deaths |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=July 18, 2003 |page=5}}