Altar

ID: 1206 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections ~ Date: 1891

This file appears in: St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church

The altar of St. Mary of the Knobs as it appeared in 1891.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections.

This file appears in: St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church

St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church

By Carl Creason, Hannah O'Daniel, Katherine Gann, Daniel Michael, and Leanna Smith

St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church exemplifies the enduring strength of Roman Catholicism in southern Indiana. In the 1820s, Catholic priests began visiting several families in Lafayette Township, six miles north of New Albany, to celebrate…