Preserving History: Buildings Demolished, Moved and Landmarked
St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church
ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH
Landmark # 164 - 1991
The large interior of St. Joseph’s seats more than 900 and boasts many fine stained-glass windows. Fourteen of the windows were manufactured in Munich by the firm of Franz Mayer, purveyors of stained glass and artistic mosaic since 1847. The company has installations in over 100 cathedrals in locations around the globe, including St. Peter’s in Rome.
The Mayer windows were donated by parishioners and installed between June 1911 and December 1912. They retain their brilliant colors to this day. Above the rectangular Mayer windows in the nave is a set of eight arched clerestory windows created in 1965 by Carl Huneke (1898–1972), the German-born founder of Century Stained Glass Studio in San Francisco.