St. Richard (Diocese of Little Rock)

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St. Richard
Dedication: St. Richard
Type/Classification: Territorial Parish
Non-Parochial: No
Operated By: Diocesan clergy
Venerated Saints: None specified
Diocese: Diocese of Little Rock
Deanery:
Address: 101 W Cleveland St., Bald Knob, Arkansas 72010
City: Bald Knob, AR
Subdivision: Arkansas
Country: United States
County: White County
Website: No website specified
Founded:
School: No
Email: None specified
AI Confidence: 7/10
Review Level: 0/5


St. Richard is a Catholic church of the Diocese of Little Rock, located at the junction of Hickory and Cleveland Streets in Bald Knob, Arkansas. Dedicated to Saint Richard—most likely Saint Richard of Chichester, the thirteenth-century English bishop venerated for his pastoral care and personal humility—the church serves the Catholic community of Bald Knob and surrounding White County.

Though listed in diocesan and public records as a parish, St. Richard has in recent decades been pastorally attended from St. James Church in nearby Searcy, Arkansas, reflecting the small size of the local Catholic population.[1] The fieldstone church building, completed in 1939, is recognized for its distinctive Rustic-style architecture and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

St. Richard represents one of the smaller Catholic communities in the Diocese of Little Rock, continuing a Catholic presence in Bald Knob that dates to the early twentieth century.

History

Catholic life in Bald Knob traces back to at least 1911, when the town was recorded as a mission station attended from St. Bernard parish in Knoebel, Arkansas.[2] The area's first dedicated Catholic church building was known as Our Lady of Victory. According to available sources, that original structure was destroyed by fire, prompting the local Catholic community—with the assistance of the Catholic Extension Society, a national organization supporting mission churches—to construct a new stone church.[3]

The present church, built of native fieldstone, was completed and dedicated in 1939 under the patronage of Saint Richard. The building was recognized for its architectural and historical significance and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[4]

In the decades since, St. Richard has continued to be served as a mission attended from St. James Church in Searcy, with efforts made by the local faith community to maintain and expand parish facilities, including a reported project to build a new parish hall.[5] No confirmed original founding or dedication date for the parish itself (as distinct from the 1939 church building) is documented in available sources.

Special features

  • One of the smaller and more historic Catholic worship sites in the Diocese of Little Rock
  • Fieldstone construction reflecting Depression-era Rustic architectural style, notable for a rural Arkansas ecclesiastical building
  • Longstanding pastoral connection to St. James Church in Searcy, Arkansas

Relics

According to established Catholic tradition, the main altar of a dedicated Catholic church customarily contains deposited relics of saints. Specific details regarding relics housed at St. Richard are not documented in publicly available sources.

Architecture and Art

Exterior features

  • Constructed of native fieldstone in the Rustic style popularized during the 1930s by the National Park Service, an aesthetic more commonly associated with park lodges and civic buildings than parish churches[6]
  • A gabled roofline with a projecting gabled entry vestibule
  • A round window set in the main gable above the entrance

Interior features

Specific details on the church's interior layout and furnishings are not documented in publicly available sources.

Stained Glass Windows

Specific details on the church's stained glass windows are not documented in publicly available sources.

Statues and Sculptures

Specific details on statuary or sculpture at St. Richard are not documented in publicly available sources.

Other Artwork

No further devotional artwork is documented in publicly available sources.

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References

  1. ↑ "St. Richard's Catholic Church". Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Richard%27s_Catholic_Church. 
  2. ↑ "Arkansas' 1911 parishes and missions". Arkansas Catholic. https://arkansas-catholic.org/2011/03/26/arkansas-1911-parishes-and-missions/. 
  3. ↑ "St. Richard's Catholic Church". Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Richard%27s_Catholic_Church. 
  4. ↑ "St. Richard's Catholic Church". Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Richard%27s_Catholic_Church. 
  5. ↑ "Bald Knob mission looking forward to new parish hall". Arkansas Catholic. February 20, 2010. https://www.arkansas-catholic.org/news/article/2048. 
  6. ↑ "St. Richard's Catholic Church". Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Richard%27s_Catholic_Church. 
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