St. Theresa Catholic Church (Rhodelia, Kentucky) Explained

St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church
Nearest City:Rhodelia, Kentucky
Coordinates:38.03°N -86.4389°W
Built:1855
Architect:Keely, William
Architecture:Gothic
Added:November 17, 1977
Area:1acres
Refnum:77000635

St. Theresa Catholic Church is a Catholic parish located in Rhodelia, Kentucky. It was built in 1855 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

The current Gothic Revival church was designed by architect William Keely and was built during 1855–61.[1]

The church is at the center of one of the oldest Catholic settlements in the state of Kentucky, known today as "Kentucky's Holy Land". The enslaved mother and maternal grandparents of Venerable Augustus Tolton were parishioners at St Theresa until the 1830s.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walter E. Langsam . Mary Cronan Oppel . November 30, 1976 . [{{NRHP url|id=77000635}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church ]. . January 13, 2018. With .
  2. https://www.chicagocatholic.com/u.s./-/article/2022/02/28/priest-discovers-kentucky-parish-has-ties-to-father-augustus-tolton Priest discovers Kentucky parish has ties to Father Augustus Tolton