A nine part Sunday series on the still remaining and architecturally significant Catholic churches of Cincinnati from 1840 - 1969.
This series is an attempt to document every historic Catholic Church remaining in Cincinnati. This is not a list of every church, nor is it a history of each Parish. It is simply to serve as a reference for the date of dedication, the architect and style of the church buildings themselves. Included are those that I find to have architectural or historical merit from the Catholic Church’s earliest beginnings in Cincinnati to those churches built just after Vatican II.
In Part III we see a preponderance of work by the German born, Chicago architect, Adolphus Druiding. Druiding is said to have designed hundreds of churches with over 400 churches remaining in the Midwest and the United States. Druiding also designed the Motherhouse at Mount St. Joseph, completed in 1886.
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Walnut Hills – 2622 Gilbert Avenue
Dedicated: 1885
Architect: A. C. Nash
Style: Gothic Revival
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St. Aloysius-on-the-Ohio
Saylor Park – 6207 Portage Street
Dedicated: 1888; Renovation and tower addition, 1923
Architect: Adolphus Druiding
Style: Gothic Revival
The original tower was condemded and a replacement tower built in 1923.Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Sedamsville – 635 Steiner Avenue
Dedicated: 1889
Architect: Adolphus Druiding
Style: Gothic Revival
Closed in 1989
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Camp Washington – 1041 Marshall Avenue
Dedicated: 1889
Architect: Adolphus Druiding
Style: Gothic Revival
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St. Lawrence
Price Hill – 3680 Warsaw Avenue
Dedicated: 1894
Architect: Adolphus Druiding
Style: Gothic Revival
St. Charles Borromeo
Carthage – 115 West Seymour Avenue
Dedicated: 1894
Architect: Adolphus Druiding
Style: Gothic Revival
Closed in 1998; now used by the Hispanic Catholic Community Center
Holy Cross
Mt. Adams – 1055 St. Paul Place
Dedicated: 1895
Architect: Picket & Sons
Style: 2nd Renaissance Revival
Closed in 1974
A local historic landmark and individually listed on the Local Register of Historic Places
References and the map Historic Catholic Churches of Cincinnati of every church mentioned in this series will be included in Part IX.
Next Sunday, May 3
Part IV: 1900 – 1919
Last Week: Part II
Historic images from the Library’s Cincinnati Memory Project
Architect: Adolphus Druiding
Style: Gothic Revival
Closed in 1998; now used by the Hispanic Catholic Community Center
Holy Cross
Mt. Adams – 1055 St. Paul Place
Dedicated: 1895
Architect: Picket & Sons
Style: 2nd Renaissance Revival
Closed in 1974
A local historic landmark and individually listed on the Local Register of Historic Places
References and the map Historic Catholic Churches of Cincinnati of every church mentioned in this series will be included in Part IX.
Next Sunday, May 3
Part IV: 1900 – 1919
Last Week: Part II
Historic images from the Library’s Cincinnati Memory Project
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2 comments:
Those are beautiful. I always particularly loved St Lawrence, and noticed that you can see that steeple from Fairview park.
Last Fall the stained glass windows were removed from Assumption on Gilbert to be used else where with in the church system. Guess they gave up on Assumption's parish. Too bad.
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