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St. Theresa Church
St. Theresa Church

R. C. Church of St. Teresa

Image represented is one of a related set (CHUR 0873), some of which may also be described in this new record; Facade and twin towers of church with iron fence along front and side, street light and tree in right foreground, and intersecting streets. Caption: "R. C. Church of St. Teresa, Sterling Place and Classon Avenue. First mass celebrated May 4, 1874 ... Cornerstone of the present ... edifice was laid August 4, 1874. The church was appropriately dedicated on the Feast of St. Teresa, October 16, 1887."

IMAGE DATE1944
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