St. Patrick's Catholic Church
St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Loxley, Alabama) is located in Alabama
St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Loxley, Alabama)
St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Loxley, Alabama) is located in the United States
St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Loxley, Alabama)
LocationE side Hwy. 90, Loxley, Alabama
Coordinates30°37′11″N 87°45′10″W / 30.61972°N 87.75278°W / 30.61972; -87.75278
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1924
MPSRural Churches of Baldwin County TR
NRHP reference No.88001354[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 1988

St. Patrick's Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church on the east side of Hwy. 90 in Loxley, Alabama. It was built in 1924 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1][2] The Loxley Public Library currently occupies the building.[3]

Originally dedicated to Saint Raphael, it was one of four small mission churches in central Baldwin County built to serve Catholic immigrant workers, many from the Midwest.[1] In 1974, St. Raphael, St. Gabriel in Summerdale, St. Matthew in Elsanor, and Infant Jesus of Prague in Silverhill were closed and the congregations merged into the new parish of St. Patrick.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Sledge, John (December 30, 1987). "St. Patrick's Catholic Church". Rural Churches of Baldwin County (Thematic Group). National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Loxley Public Library". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation. 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  4. ↑ "History of Our Parish", Parish website, St. Patrick Parish, retrieved May 31, 2022


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