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churches were two out of three churches located on this particular block of Jefferson Place, the third <br />being the Pillar of Fire Church located across the street at 804 Walnut. <br />Louisville's original St. Louis Catholic Church, on which construction was finished in 1884, was located on <br />this parcel and obviously contributed to the community life of this block of Jefferson Place on which so <br />many Italian Catholic families lived. The Catholic Church building on this site served Louisville's many <br />Catholic immigrants, Italian and otherwise, for nearly sixty years. In the 1930s, efforts were being made <br />to raise money to fund a new Catholic Church in Louisville, and the new St. Louis Church at 902 Grant <br />was constructed in 1940-41 and dedicated in 1942. <br />This property, when it was used for the Catholic Church building, consisted of Lots 9, 10, and 11 of Block <br />5. In 1943, Santino and Mary Biella, owners of 825 La Farge just to the south, purchased part of Lot 9 <br />from the Roman Catholic Congregation of St. Louis to add to enlarge their property. Today, this is in the <br />vicinity of the driveway and garage at 825 La Farge. <br />The following photos from the Louisville Historical Museum show the Church exterior (undated) and the <br />interior (circa early 1940s, after the Catholic Church vacated it): <br />