School

ID: 1208 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection ~ Date: 1960

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

St. Mary's has operated a school since about 1900. This image shows the school building about 1960.
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…