First Catholic School - St. Francisville, IL
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N 38° 35.484 W 087° 38.826
16S E 443645 N 4271633
Church built in 1818, school started in 1842
Waymark Code: WMK3C1
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2014
Views: 1
County of first:Lawrence County
Location of first: 7th St. & Main St., St. Francisville
Historic Marker erected by: Illinois Daughters of the American Colonists
Date marker erected: March 10, 1985
Marker Text:
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCHIn memory of the early French missionaries and settlers who came to this area in the late 18th Century and the Catholic faith that they rooted in the lives of the people on the banks of the Wabash River.
1818-1819 The establishment and construction of the first log chapel
1836 Father John Courbe becomes the first resident pastor
1838 The dedication of the 2nd Church by Bishop Brute.
1842 The opening of the first Catholic School by the Sisters of Providence.
1887 The construction of the frame church.
1916 The erection of the present brick Church in Italian renaissance architecture.
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