296 – St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church
June 27th, 2009Peoria (area) Landmark #296
During the pastorate of Father McGair, the parish again having outgrown the limits of the old frame church, the building of a new church was agitated. In 1889 both pastor and people, working together in harmony and with much zeal, soon obtained sufficient funds to enable them to lay the foundation, and in the summer of 1890 the new church was completed and dedicated.
Thanks, Tom.