Designed by Charles Insco Williams , Sacred Heart is a limestone building with a limestone foundation , an asphalt roof , and various elements of sandstone and copper ; the limestone was quarried locally , while the sandstone was obtained from Berea , Ohio . Constructed in the Romanesque Revival style , but with a prominent octagonal Baroque dome and glazed cupola , towers flank the main entrance , and there are rose windows under the pediments of the front and side . When constructed , the building featured a basement under the 75-foot ceiling , and its general plan was 115 by 92 feet , or 23 , 35 , and 28m respectively . Grand woodworking , artwork , and chandeliers once filled the interior , but most have been removed ; some were destroyed by the raging waters of the Great Flood of 1913 , while others were intentionally removed or painted over at later dates
Great Flood of 1913
Great Dayton Flood
Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Dayton, Ohio)