Sacred Heart of Jesus Church | |
Location: | Berger St., Lawrenceburg, Tennessee |
Coordinates: | 35.2461°N -87.3353°W |
Built: | 1887 |
Architecture: | Late Victorian |
Added: | October 10, 1984 |
Refnum: | 84000093 |
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church is a historic Roman Catholic church on Berger Street in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.
The church was founded in 1869-70 for German Catholics settling in the Lawrenceburg area. The land for the church was purchased by the Cincinnati Homestead Society. Father Henry Hueser was the first priest; initially services were held in his house. The first church building was a frame building completed in 1872. The church's present brick building was completed in 1887, at which time the earlier frame church was converted into a school.[1] A new two-story school building was constructed in 1912, and stood for fifty years until it was replaced with a newer structure. A gymnasium was added to the school in 1990.[2]
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.