Church of the Sacred Heart (Richmond, Virginia)

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The Church of the Sacred Heart, is a Catholic church in Richmond, Virginia that was built in 1901. The congregation was initially Irish and German.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[2]

History

In 1901 Sacred Heart Church, designed by Joseph Hubert McGuire, was built using funding provided by Ida Mary Barry Ryan on land purchased in 1876 by Bishop James Gibbons.[3] Ryan and her husbland would later fund construction of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.[4] The first pastor was Rev. Thomas J. Waters.[5]

The parish hosts the South Richmond conference of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.

References

  1. 1."National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  2. 2."National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. 3.Logan, Mrs John A. (1912). The Part Taken by Women in American History. Perry-Nalle publishing Company. p. 536 – via Wikisource.
  4. 4.Lafort, Remigius. The Catholic Church in the United States, New York. The Catholic Editing Company. 1914, p. 148
  5. 5.Lafort, p. 159