The Reardon Rectory was erected in 1927-1928 as a residence and business office for the rector and assistant priests of The Basilica.
The Basilica bells were forged at the Royal Eijsbouts foundry in the Netherlands.
The origin of a Mary Garden can be found in Medieval France and its surrounding countries.
Our church was commissioned by Archbishop Ireland (1838-1918) and designed by French architect Emmanuel Masqueray (1861-1917) in a beaux-arts style. It was intended to house the relocated parish of the Immaculate Conception, founded in 1868.
Art exhibited has ranged from textiles, to wood, to canvas, to sculpture, to photography, to multi-media installations.
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