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Interior view of St. Patrick's Catholic Church 1880
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Interior view of St. Patrick's Catholic Church 1892.
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St.
Patrick Church built in 1892 and was destroyed by fire
in February, 1915. The life-size crucifix to the right
of the altar came directly to Imogene from the Chicago
World's Fair. |
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Interior of St. Patrick's current church.
Picture was taken after March 20, 1919 when the
altars were completed and before the Stations of the
Cross were hung, about a year later. From written
newspaper accounts, it took an Italian artist two
years to assemble the altars (along with helpers)
and a year to assemble the mosaic Stations.
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Dedication of St. Patrick's Academy, Imogene, Iowa. |
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Historians of St. Patrick's assume the person on the
right is Father Hayes. |
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What
is left of St. Patrick's Church after the fire of February,
1915 |
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Aerial view of the church grounds
prior to 1972 - showing the St. Patrick Academy
and behind it the Imogene Public School |
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Aerial view of current St. Patrick Church at Imogene.
The small amount of brick building shown in the left
corner of the picture was the Convent. At one time
seven Dominican Sisters lived there and taught at
St. Patrick Academy. Today it is the CCD Center
where religious instruction is provided every Sunday
September-May for the youth of our parish Preschool
through Grade 12. The roof of the white house seen
directly above that of the church was the former
Rectory, which was built in 1904. The roof
caught fire when the second church was destroyed by
fire; it took the efforts of many to save it. The
grassy area behind the church is where St. Patrick
Academy was located. It opened in September of 1907
and was staffed by the Mercy Sisters until 1918. It
closed until 1920. Then the Dominican Sisters ran
the school until 1969 when it closed. The building
was torn down in November 1972. |
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