St. Philomena's Church (Cincinnati, Ohio)
St. Philomena's Church was a
The cornerstone was laid August 23, 1846. Rev. Louis Huber, O.S.F., and after him, Rev. B. Hengehold, directed the building of the church. The dedication ceremonies were performed by Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, May 21, 1848, though services had been held since the January previous in the uncompleted building. The school house was erected in 1865, the parsonage in 1872. The congregation numbered 200 families in 1896.[1] Services were no longer held in German after World War I began.
Because of the church's location near the riverfront, St. Philomena's
The Parish was closed in 1954. Records for this Parish are located at the Chancery Office of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, 100 E. 8th St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
In the late 1950s much of Cincinnati's historic riverfront including St. Philomena's Church was cleared for the construction of the Fort Washington Way and later the Lytle Tunnel.
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