Old St. Mary's Church

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Old St. Mary's Church, School and Rectory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates: 39°6′35.48″N 84°30′43.99″W / 39.1098556, -84.5122194Coordinates: 39°6′35.48″N 84°30′43.99″W / 39.1098556, -84.5122194
Architect: Franz Ignatz Erd [1]
Architectural style(s): Greek Revival and Late Victorian[1]
Added to NRHP: March 13, 1976[1]
NRHP Reference#: 76001439[1]
Governing body: Private[1]

Old St. Mary's Church is located at 123 E. Thirteenth Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. This Roman Catholic parish was organized in 1840 for German speaking members. It is the second-oldest German-Catholic parish in the city and the oldest standing church in Cincinnati. The original church was dedicated on July 3, 1842. In May through August of 1849, 796 parishioners of St. Mary's died in the cholera epidemic. There were 345 funerals in July alone. The "Old" was added in 1904 when St. Mary's in Hyde Park (Cincinnati) was founded.[2] The church is 142 feet long , 66 feet wide and with a steeple 170 feet tall.

The parish, which draws parishioners from some 50 different zip codes, continues to preserve the rich liturgical, musical and cultural heritage of the Roman Catholic tradition. The Church offers Masses in Latin, German and English every Sunday. The Latin Mass features a Gregorian chant choir.

The parish complex includes a building that once served the parish as a girls’ grammar school. At present St. John Social Services leases the building from the parish to house several of their outreach programs for the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.

The parent parish was Holy Trinity Church (Heilige Dreieinigkeit) which was located at West Fifth Street and Barr Street/Mound Street, in Cincinnati's Old West End. Holy Trinity was organized in 1834 and was the First German parish and second Roman Catholic parish in Cincinnati. The Holy Trinity Parish was closed in 1958.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-06-30).
  2. ^ a b All Saints through Saint Ann. Profiles of Roman Catholic Parishes in Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

[edit] References

Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors, American Guide Series, The Weisen-Hart Press, May 1943, page 213

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