a sort of transept. The bays are divided by brick buttresses and each bay contains a paired lancet window. The interior is divided into three naves. The rectory was built in the 1880s to the rear of the church. It is a three-story brick residence capped with a mansard roof. The original porch has been replaced with a single-story addition. Other additions have also been added on the west side of the house. A school building, no longer extant, was built immediately west of the church. It was replaced by a three-story structure in 1951 on the corner of West 15th and Main Streets. The parish sold the building in 2006. It is not considered an historic structure. Schools St. Patrick's Parish had a parochial school for boys established after 1870, while girls attended St. Joseph Academy. St. Patrick's School merged with St. Mary's Catholic School to form Downtown Catholic School in 1982. The organization Holy Family Catholic Schools took control of Downtown Catholic and other Dubuque-area Catholic schools in 2001. Downtown Catholic and Sacred Heart – Holy Trinity School became St. Francis School in 2002, and St. Francis closed in 2004. Four Oaks Family and Children Services bought the school building in 2006. References External links St. Raphael-St. Patrick website Religious organizations established in 1852 1852 establishments in Iowa Irish-American culture in Iowa Roman Catholic churches completed in 1878 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States Patrick Gothic Revival church buildings in Iowa Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Dubuque, Iowa Historic district contributing properties in Iowa