page_title: Ambrose J. Murphy
section_title: Murphy, Hindle and Wright
hierarchical_section_title: Ambrose J. Murphy / Works / Murphy, Hindle and Wright
caption_attribution_description: English: Holy Ghost Church, 472 Atwells Ave, Providence, RI
context_page_description: Ambrose J. Murphy was an American architect whose practice was based in Providence Rhode Island. He was a specialist in ecclesiastical work and, in a career that spanned over 40 years, designed many buildings for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence Rhode Island and Fall River Massachusetts.
context_section_description: 1908 Holy Ghost Church, Providence, Rhode Island
  1909 St. Ann Church, Providence, Rhode Island
  1912 Assumption Church, Providence, Rhode Island
  1914 St. Rita Church, Warwick, Rhode Island
  1901-1915 St. Michael Church (The current building replaced the second church built in 1868, and designed by his uncle James Murphy. In 1906, services were moved from the old church into the much larger basement chapel of the new church while the Upper Church was being completed. The Upper Church was dedicated on October 3, 1915.) The parish complex is on the National Register of Historic Places.
caption: Holy Ghost Church, 472 Atwells Ave, Providence, RI
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