Main Doors

ID: 1207 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections ~ Creator: Susanna Roberson ~ Date: 2008

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

Entrance to St. Mary of the Knobs, 2008.
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…