SS. Peter and Paul

520 Myrtle St NW

SS Peter and Paul Church

 

Lithuanians separated from St. Adalbert's in 1903. Their school, as shown on the assessor's card, opened on 14 Sep 1907.Ancona They purchased 10 acres on Preston Avenue for a cemetery consecrated in 1915. Cemeteries in Walker Twp.
The current church was built in 1924 and the current school was built in 1964.Ancona


                                 Sanborn 1913 

CA

Well these were two parts of the same piece of paper but it kept scanning as if two separate pages.

             City Assessors 1941

             Church                                                   Old School

There was no photo or diagram of the rectory: 2-story, brick face, hip roof with shingle asphalt, lot size 53x115'

   Sanborn 1953  

 

 

All around 2010

 

The Church:

From Myrtle Street:

         
     Sign                                  Church                              Little Bldg

From Hamilton Avenue:

From Webster Street:

From Quarry Avenue:

          
                                         Handicap entrance

   

North Side of Myrtle Street:                                                             

                       

Rectory entrance               Quarry St                    Garage             back

 

 

The School and Covent:

From Myrtle Street:

                 

      Convent               Parish Hall              School                    corner of Myrtle and Hamilton

From Hamilton Avenue

                                                                                    

                                            school                                        corner of Hamilton and Webster         cornerstone

From Webster Street

                                                            

                        rear of school            corner of Webster and Quarry.

This school was closed in 2010.

From Quarry Avenue  

                     

       Playground             Convent                   hall and school    

                                     

 

                                       

                   

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