Church Of St. Joseph (St. Joseph, Minnesota)
History
The first Mass in the community was celebrated by Francis Xavier Pierz on October 22, 1854, when the town was still named Clinton. The first church building was completed a year later, and a small log school building was attached in 1860. The parish decided to build a more spacious building, measuring 66 by 150 feet (20 by 46 m), with the lower half consisting of native fieldstones and the upper half of granite brick from a nearby quarry. Construction began in 1869, and on June 29, 1871, Bishop Thomas Grace consecrated the building. This was the first consecrated church in Minnesota made of permanent materials. The rectory was built in 1874 using similar fieldstone construction. Ten years later the church tower was completed. Four years after that, in 1888, the church and rectory were connected by a stylistically consistent passageway.
See also
- List of Catholic churches in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Stearns County, Minnesota
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Harvey, Thomas (October 1980). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Ethnic Hamlet Churches: Stearns County Catholic Settlement". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-06-11. With accompanying photo from 1980
- ^ "Stearns County Ethnic Hamlet Catholic Churches: Church of Saint Joseph". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ^ "Church of Saint Joseph: Parish History". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
- ^ "Structure Inventory: Church of St. Joseph & Rectory" (Document). National Park Service. October 1980.
External links
- Media related to Church of St. Joseph (St. Joseph, Minnesota) at Wikimedia Commons
- Church of Saint Joseph