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The parish was originally named "St. Brigid," and is the oldest English-speaking Catholic parish in the state. [2] Construction on the current church building was begun in 1875 and completed in 1878; the parish was renamed "St. Patrick's" at that time. [2] A rectory was added in 1889–90.
Prior to 1925, St. Patrick's congregation worshiped in a Greek Revival building near the current church. In 1923 the congregation had Barry Byrne of Chicago design a new building. Byrne had worked for Frank Lloyd Wright and by this time specialized in designing church buildings and schools - this being his second church. [3]
St. Patrick's parish was organized in 1876, the first English-speaking parish on the South Side. Its initial members were mostly Irish immigrants and their children, to later be joined by Germans and Poles. In 1876 they built a combination church and school - the 2-story brick building at left in the photo. [3]
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A teaching Patrician Brother in his habit on a stained glass window in Tullow, designed and created by George Walsh.. The Patrician Brothers officially named Brothers of Saint Patrick (Latin: Congregatio Fratrum a Sancto Patricio), abbreviated F.S.P. is a Catholic lay religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men founded for the religious and literary education of the youth and the ...
St. Patrick's was built in 1805, and is a log building measuring 22 by 35 feet (6.7 m × 10.7 m). It has a gable roof and three windows on each side. [3] It is the oldest Catholic church still standing in Western Pennsylvania. [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
Father John Wall, a missionary from Saint Thomas the Apostle Church in Delaware County collected funding and erected the original St. Patrick Church on South State Street. It was the first Catholic parish in southern Chester County. The first Mass was celebrated on Christmas Day of 1869. and on September 1, 1872, Archbishop Wood dedicated the ...