454 – St. John’s Catholic Church *updated*
Peoria Landmark #454
As ‘goob’ says, St John’s… from the book “Reading, Writing, & Religion”:
When the extreme southwestern portion of St. Patrick’s parish grew so much, St. John’s Church was born in 1890. A new building was completed in 1892 at Antionette and Blaine, noted in the WPA reports as “light and bright and an everlasting tribute to the indefatigable zeal of the pastor [Rev. John P. Quinn] and the liberty of his flock.”
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A 1943 article noted, “Together with its companion parish, St. John’s, St. Boniface has literally grown up on the South Side and today it is part and parcel to one of Peoria’s largest communities, the South Side.” The two would formally merge in 1994 and become St. Ann at the original St. Boniface site.
I swore I read somewhere that it burned, but I can’t find any reference to that now. From what I was told, St Boniface was a German Catholic church; St. John’s an Irish Catholic, and they didn’t play nice together.
Update: emailed photo “The Light Weights of St. John’s Bears, 1964″
January 14th, 2013 at 8:56 am
The old church up on Hamilton that burned?
January 14th, 2013 at 11:12 am
I know, a 1932 Dodge DL Sedan.
January 14th, 2013 at 1:02 pm
saint johns catholic church
January 16th, 2013 at 9:43 am
“Crazy parishinoners, they don’ even know they paid for the alien antenna on top of the bell tower”. “Father Andrew, have we heard anything from the Martians yet?”
“Father Kaley, we have, but all they are saying is, “Yak, Yak, Yak, Yak”. Must be in that Latin lanquage that know one can translate”.
“You’re an idiot Father Andrew, go wait in my car outside. You can’t miss it, it’s the Dodge parked on the wrong side of the street”.
January 17th, 2013 at 12:25 pm
1st Presbyterian
January 18th, 2013 at 3:26 pm
I was married in this church, and was a lectern there every Sunday at 9:00 for 3 years.
January 22nd, 2013 at 7:35 pm
Oh wait…churches are the bane of America preaching and all….LOL
January 23rd, 2013 at 9:35 pm
this is the one with the bowling alley in the basement right?
January 24th, 2013 at 9:40 am
Sort-of. St Ann’s on Louisa, off of Jefferson, has the bowling alley. This, St John & St Boniface merged to create a the new St Ann’s in the old St Boniface church building.
The St John’s church building as seen in this picture no longer exists.