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Title: St. Mary's Church, Cascade, Iowa, Saint Mary's Church, St. Matthias Parish, St. Marys Church
Description: St. Marys was built in the late 1800's to accommodate the German residents of the city, while the nearby Saint Martin's was established for the Irish residents. In the mid-1990s Saint Mary's parish and Saint Martin's parish were merged into one parish known as St. Matthias. Eventually the parish decided to close Saint Marys church. Both the original St. Marys and St. Martins churches are no longer standing.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13654

Title: St. Mary's Church, Clinton, Iowa, Saint Mary's Church, Jesus Christ Prince of Peace Catholic Parish, St. Mary's Catholic Church
Description: Built mostly by immigrants, St. Mary's Church took four long years to complete from 1884-1888. The rectory was added in 1896. The church was demolished in 2009. 1909 postmark. Number 48999.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13298

Title: Saint Patrick Catholic Church, St. Patrick Catholic Church, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Jackson Street. 1920 postmark.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13653

Title: St. Patrick's Academy destroyed by fire February 18, 1910, Danbury, Iowa
Description: The aftermath of the fire at St. Patrick's Academy in 1910. The building was a total loss from a fire that started in the belfry of the academy. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16209

Title: St. Patrick's Academy, Danbury, Iowa
Description: This St. Patrick's Academy building, built in 1908 by C.F. Mayer, a contractor from Humboldt, Iowa, replaced the white wooden academy built in 1887 due to lack of space. The new academy had a full basement and four floors. It was heated with steam heat and electricity. The first floor held high school classroom and an auditorium; the third floor held rooms for the nuns, the fourth floor or attic had several rooms for roomers who stayed at the convent. The building was destroyed by fire in 1910. 1908 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16962

Title: St. Patrick's Church, Brooklyn, Iowa, Saint Patrick Catholic Church, St. Patrick Catholic Church
Description: Looking southwest from Jackson Street in Brooklyn, Iowa, at a two story brick church originally erected in 1883 and rebuilt from a fire on August 2, 1911. It was dedicated in 1912. Located at 215 Jackson Street, Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:13641

Title: St. Patrick's Church, Clinton, Iowa, Saint Patrick's Church, St. Patrick's Parish
Description: St. Patrick Church was built in 1905 at a cost of $40,000, closed in 1997 and was demolished in 2005. It was located at 240 Fourth Avenue North, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13640