St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Millvale, Pennsylvania)
St. Nicholas Croatian Church | |
| Location | 24 Maryland Ave., Millvale, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°28′37.36″N 79°58′10.88″W / 40.4770444°N 79.9696889°W |
| Built | 1922 |
| Architect | Frederick C. Sauer (1860–1942) |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003404 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 6, 1980 |
| Designated PHLF | 1979 |
St. Nicholas Croatian Church is a Roman Catholic church in Millvale, Pennsylvania, US within the Diocese of Pittsburgh. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is noted for its murals by Maxo Vanka, painted in 1937 and 1941, such as Immigrant Mother Raises Her Sons for American Industry and The Capitalist. Time in 1937 described the murals as "one of the few distinguished sets of church murals in the U. S."
St. Nicholas remains an active parish church in the Diocese of Pittsburgh as of 2023. In 2019 it was reorganized as a personal (non-territorial) parish within the Shrines of Pittsburgh, a grouping of six churches with unique histories which the diocese hoped to promote as pilgrimage and visitor destinations.