St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church - Baltimore, MD - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

St. Mary, Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church is a contributing building in the Federal Hill South Historic District, National Register of Historic Places.

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"St. Mary, Star of the Sea is a Roman Catholic Church in the Federal Hill South neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The church venerates Stella Maris, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, and carries a beacon atop its spire to welcome sailors to the Port of Baltimore.

History
In the late 1800s, the South Baltimore peninsula was populated by immigrant Irish and German communities. The expanding population worked primarily as sailors, shipbuilders, and workers on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad around the point. A direct passenger rout ran by Norddeutscher Lloyd between Bremen to Port Covington on the south end of the peninsula became a big source of population influx. The two communities established parishes to serve their rapidly growing numbers.

The parish of St. Mary, Star of the Sea was founded in 1868 to serve the local Irish Catholic community by Father Peter McCoy, Pastor of St. Lawrence Church, now Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church (Baltimore), in Locust Point. The new Irish Catholic parish was founded a few blocks away from the German Catholic parish of the Holy Cross that was built just a few years prior. The first stage of construction of the new church was completed by 1871, and was fully funded by local festivals and street harvest markets."

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Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1871 Age of Church building determined by?: Other reliable source If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Saturday Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 4:00 PM Street address of Church: 1410 Riverside Ave Baltimore, MD United States 21230 Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Not listed If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: Not listed

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