Built 1870 Opened 1870 Added to NRHP 12 December 1978 | NRHP Reference # 78001245 Area 8 ha | |
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Location Southwest of Cumming, Iowa People also search for Morgan Bridge, Henry C. Wallace House | ||
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church is a parish of the Diocese of Des Moines. The church is located near the town of Cumming, Iowa, United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The parish was founded in 1852 in the Diocese of Dubuque, which at the time covered the entire state of Iowa. It was situated in area called Irish Settlement, and it was the first parish founded in what would become the Diocese of Des Moines. The parish became part of the Diocese of Davenport when it was established in 1881 and was then transferred to the Des Moines Diocese in 1911. A log structure served as the first church and the present frame structure, with a central entrance tower, replaced it in 1870. On October 4, 1979 Pope John Paul II visited the church while he was on his first pastoral visit to the United States.