Church of St. Mary (Melrose, Minnesota)

Church of St. Boniface
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Church of St. Mary from the east
Location	203 S. 5th Avenue East, Melrose, Minnesota
Coordinates	45°40′21″N 94°48′27″W / 45.67250°N 94.80750°W / 45.67250; -94.80750Coordinates: 45°40′21″N 94°48′27″W / 45.67250°N 94.80750°W / 45.67250; -94.80750
Area	less than one acre
Built	1899 (1899)
Architect	George Bergmann; E.D. Richmond
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	93001234[1]
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1993

The Church of St. Mary, formerly the Church of St. Boniface, is a historic church building at 203 S. 5th Ave. East in Melrose, Minnesota, United States. The parish was founded in 1878 by German immigrants, six years after a nearby parish, St. Patrick's, was founded by Irish immigrants. The first building was a wood-frame structure, built in 1879 at a cost of $3,000. In 1882, they established a Catholic school and a convent. The current building was dedicated in 1898 and built for $50,000. The old building became a school, but it was destroyed in a fire in 1910.^[2] The building was added to the National Register in 1993.

In 1958 the bishop of the Diocese of St. Cloud decided that St. Boniface and St. Patrick would merge into a new parish named St. Mary's. St. Patrick's parish was outgrowing its space and was looking for new room. In 1970, the St. Patrick's church building was demolished. The church is now part of a four-parish cluster with parishes in Meire Grove, Greenwald, and Spring Hill.^[2]

References

External links

• Media related to Saint Mary's Church (Melrose, Minnesota) at Wikimedia Commons
• St. Mary's Catholic Church

Diocese of St. Cloud Bishops Ordinaries Rupert Seidenbusch John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti Martin Marty James Trobec Joseph Francis Busch Peter William Bartholome George Henry Speltz Jerome Hanus John Francis Kinney Donald Joseph Kettler Auxiliary James Steven Rausch Churches Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Mary, St. Cloud Parishes Church of the Immaculate Conception, Avon Church of St. Joseph, Browerville Church of the Sacred Heart, Freeport Church of St. Mary, Melrose St. Joseph's Church, Pierz Church of St. Mary Help of Christians, St. Augusta Church of St. Joseph, St. Joseph Church of St. Stephen, St. Stephen Abbey St. John's Abbey, Collegeville Chapel Assumption Chapel Education Higher Education College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University High Schools Cathedral High School, St. Cloud Saint John's Preparatory School, Collegeville Catholicism Portal

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