St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Millvale, Pennsylvania)

Not to be confused with St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Troy Hill, Pennsylvania).

St. Nicholas Croatian Church
Location24 Maryland Ave., Millvale, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°28′37.36″N 79°58′10.88″W / 40.4770444°N 79.9696889°W / 40.4770444; -79.9696889
Built1922
ArchitectFrederick C. Sauer
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.80003404
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1980
Designated PHLF1979

St. Nicholas Croatian Church is a Roman Catholic church in Millvale, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is best known for its fresco murals by Maxo Vanka, painted in 1937 and 1941, including Immigrant Mother Raises Her Sons for American Industry and The Capitalist. In 1937, Time described the murals as "one of the few distinguished sets of church murals in the U.S."

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