St. Rose Church

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St. Rose (of Lima) Church is located at 2501 Eastern Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Roman Catholic congregation organized January 15, 1867. The church was erected in 1867; the corner-stone was laid October 6, 1867. The dedication occurred May 21, 1869. The building is brick, with stone trimmings in the Roman style 57 x 127 feet and has a tower 190 feet high. The cost, including lot, was over $60,000.

On Wednesday morning January 31, 1894, the church and the school was almost entirely destroyed by fire, the walls only remaining. The church was rebuilt at a cost $30,000, every cent of which was donated. The congregation numbered 200 families in 1896.[1]

The parish was named for St. Rose of Lima the first saint of the Americas. The parent parishes were Saint Philomena and St. Francis de Sales. The congregation was mostly German. Records for this parish are located at this parish. The parish steeple has been a landmark on the Ohio River for the past 140 years. The church has been in the many Ohio River floods.

The Parish is active today.