Title

St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bangor

Creator

W.H. Parish Publishing Co.

Date

1895

Description

The two Catholic churches are the largest and finest in the city, and as one comes up the Penobscot their lofty spires are prominent objects. The first Catholic church, St. Michael’s, was built in 1836, on court street, but the rapid increase in worshipers overflowed the wooden church and in 1855 the cornerstone of the beautiful gothic church on York street, St. John’s, was laid. The building is of brick with beautiful interior finishings and pictorial windows, and seats 1,100. It cost $100,000, and the pastor, who has held that position since 1874, is Rev. Edward McSweeney ... St. Mary’s was formed because of the large parish included in St. John’s and occupies the fine edifice on Cedar street, facing Davenport park. This building was erected in 1872 at an expense of $70,000, the pastor' being the Rt. Rev. M. C. O’Brien, now Vicar General of the diocese of Maine. Near by, on First street, a handsome stone building has been recently constructed for the parochial school, which for some years held its sessions in the basement of the church.

Subject

Bangor (Me.)--Photographs

Church buildings--Maine--Bangor

St. Mary's Catholic Church (Bangor, Me.)

Type

Photographs

Spatial Coverage

Bangor (Me.)

Temporal Coverage

Eighteen nineties

Nineteenth century

Language

English

Is Part Of

Art Work of Bangor, Maine

Rights