[3] St. Patrick's is a rectangular Romanesque Revival church marked by a 100-ft tower on the right side of the front facade.

[1] The tower is topped with a narrow shingled dome, resting on eight small triangular pediments that link it to the octagonal wood-frame structure below it, each side of which is lit with an oculus.

The window bays are demarcated by half-vaults from the wall and ribs on the ceiling, connected with small pendentives.

[1] The parish was established to serve the largely Irish community living east of Capitol Square.

St. Raphael's purchased two lots on east Main Street in 1886, and on May 24, 1888, the new parish of St. Patrick was formally established and took ownership of the land.