Early Church Buildings
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Newspaper clipping showing the log building erected by the Catholic families of Floyds Knobs in the late 1820s and St. Mary of the Knobs first permanent building, which was completed in 1837. Reverend John H. Hammond is shown at bottom.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection
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St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church
St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church exemplifies the enduring strength of Roman Catholicism in southern Indiana. In the 1820s, Catholic priests began visiting several families in Lafayette Township, six miles north of New Albany, to celebrate…