St. Mary's Catholic Church (Davenport, Iowa)
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St. Mary's Catholic Church from Fillmore St
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| Coordinates: 41°31′30.3″N 90°35′41.1″W / 41.525083°N 90.594750°W | |
| Location | 516 Fillmore St. Davenport, Iowa |
| Country | USA |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Founded | July 21, 1867 |
| Founder(s) | Rev. J.A.M. Pelamourges |
| Dedication | Mary, mother of Jesus |
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| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Groundbreaking | 1867 |
| Completed | 1867 |
| Construction cost | $25,000 |
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| Diocese | Davenport |
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St. Mary's Roman Catholic
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| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1867-1868 (church) 1877 (rectory) 1901 (convent & school) |
| Architect | Victor Hout (church) Clausen & Burrows (school & convent) |
| Architectural style |
Romanesque Revival Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Davenport MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 84001558 |
| Added to NRHP | April 5, 1984 |
St. Mary's Catholic Church is a parish of the Diocese of Davenport. The church is located in the west end of Davenport, Iowa, United States, at the corner of Fillmore and W. 6th Streets. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Complex. The designation includes the church building and rectory on the west side of Fillmore Street, and the former parochial school building and convent on the east side. A former school building operated by the parish two blocks north on West Eighth Street is also on the National Register and is listed as St. Mary's Academy.
St. Mary's was established as a parish of the Diocese of Dubuque in 1867. The parish served the 150 English speaking Catholic families who lived in the city’s west end because the priest at St. Kunigunda, a German parish, refused to do so. St. Mary’s complex was built two blocks to the west of St. Kunigunda, later renamed St. Joseph. Bishop John Hennessy laid the church's cornerstone on July 21, 1867. The church property was on the northeastern section of St. Mary's Cemetery, which was established by Bishop Mathias Loras in 1849. The property for the cemetery was purchased from Judge C. G. R. Mitchell, who had also donated the land for St. Kunigunda. The church was built in 1867 for $25,000 and the parish paid $8,000 to build the rectory ten years later.
Rev. J.A.M. Pelamourgues of St. Anthony’s Church downtown Davenport was its first pastor. The first resident pastor was the Rev. Maurice Flavin who came to St. Mary’s on May 10, 1868, and continued to serve the parish until 1871 when he was replaced with his brother, the Rev. Michael Flavin. The parish became a part of the Diocese of Davenport when it was established in 1881.
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