{"id":13249,"date":"2018-09-05T20:27:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T03:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=13249"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:59:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:59:29","slug":"holy-rosary-church-built-for-the-italian-catholics-in-indianapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/05\/holy-rosary-church-built-for-the-italian-catholics-in-indianapolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Rosary Church built for the Italian Catholics in Indianapolis, 1925"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">his impressive building is Holy Rosary church built for the Italian Catholics in Indianapolis. It was completed in 1925 at a cost of $50,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Less than half a mile away, also in Fountain Square, is St Patricks church, built for the Irish Catholic ctty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">The German Catholics of St. Mary&#8217;s, under a mile away, the Italian Catholics from this post and Irish Catholics of St Patricks, did not at all mix. Whoaaaa&#8230;&#8230;!!!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/05\\\/holy-rosary-church-built-for-the-italian-catholics-in-indianapolis\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 364px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"364\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 484px; height: 364px;\" data-original-width=\"484\" data-original-height=\"364\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/05\/holy-rosary-church-built-for-the-italian-catholics-in-indianapolis\/40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"480\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"360\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"13250\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1232,923\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o.jpg?fit=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o.jpg?fit=1024%2C767&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o.jpg?w=480&#038;h=360&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o.jpg?w=1232&amp;ssl=1 1232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o.jpg?resize=768%2C575&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o.jpg?resize=1024%2C767&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"480\" data-original-height=\"360\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o\" alt=\"40610052_2152440261710341_5277289585758437376_o\" style=\"width: 480px; 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height: 360px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>On\u00a0Facebook\u00a0 9-3-19<br \/>\n<a class=\"_6qw4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jeff.reeves.7967\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=100010128039377&amp;extragetparams={&quot;directed_target_id&quot;: &quot;125814777434955&quot;}\">Jeff Reeves<\/a>\u00a0 said :<br \/>\n<span dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"_3l3x\">&#8220;Our ancestors actually built the basement and foundation between 1909-1911. Mass was held below ground in the basement. With Monsignor Priori&#8217;s great leadership and all of our relatives working on the project the above ground portion you see was completed by 1925. People should come by and see the major renovation we had done on the courtyard. Beautiful!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This impressive building is Holy Rosary church built for the Italian Catholics in Indianapolis. It was completed in 1925 at&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/05\/holy-rosary-church-built-for-the-italian-catholics-in-indianapolis\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,128,149,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indianapolis","category-indianapolis-history","category-indy-points-interest","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-3rH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13242,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/05\/st-patricks-church-built-for-the-irish-catholic-ctty-in-1897\/","url_meta":{"origin":13249,"position":0},"title":"St Patricks Church, built for the Irish Catholic ctty in 1897","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"September 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In the Indianapolis Fountain Square district, this is St Patricks church, built for the Irish Catholic ctty in 1897. The last photo is of the Catholic school behind it. 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It is one block from the German built Athenaeum. About a mile away, in Fountain Square,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Indianapolis Cultural Trail&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Indianapolis Cultural Trail","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/indianapolis-cultural-trail\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_8306.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_8306.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_8306.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_8306.jpeg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_8306.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_8306.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16503,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2022\/03\/04\/indianapolis-points-of-interest-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":13249,"position":2},"title":"Indianapolis Points of Interest Index","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"March 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"-\u00a0\u00a0Athenaeum (Das Deustsche Haus) Built 1893 - Belmont Beach - Central Canal -\u00a0Christ Church, an Episcopal church built in 1857 on Monument Circl - Circle City Industrial -\u00a0Louis Schwitzer, First IMS Winner and Builder of Circle City Industrial Complex -\u00a0City Market 1886 with Bicycle Garage Indy -\u00a0Columbia Club at the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Indianapolis&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Indianapolis","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/indianapolis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TopOfMonumentLadyVictory.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17951,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2025\/07\/26\/nbg-indianapolis-history-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":13249,"position":3},"title":"NBG Indianapolis History Index","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"July 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Athenaeum (Das Deustsche Haus) Built 1893 Bicycle Stair Ramp at the Athenaeum Boston based Sasaki Associates Transformation of the Indianapolis Riverfront! Cadillac Co. of Indiana\/Automobile College Carl Fisher\u2019s original bike shop on Pennsylvania Ave Carl Fisher saturated Indianapolis with the Eagle HiWheel Indianapolis and the Nation, the Houses that Carl\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Indianapolis History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Indianapolis History","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/indianapolis-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13369,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/11\/st-johns-church-1871-indianapolis\/","url_meta":{"origin":13249,"position":4},"title":"St. John&#8217;s Church , 1871 Indianapolis","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"September 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Built in 1871, St John's Church is on Capitol Ave, a block and a half from the Indiana State Capitol. 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