St. Peter's Church in Pine Bluff, Ark. [graphic]. [189-?]

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St. Peter's Church in Pine Bluff, Ark. [graphic]. [189-?]

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Negative taken of the first Saint Peter's Church in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. Starting as a mission church of Saint Joseph's in Pine Bluff, St. Peter's Church was built for the African American Catholics by Monsignor John M. Lucey in 1894 on State Street between 15th and 16th Avenues in Pine Bluff. The funding for the church came primarly from the efforts of the editors and readers of "The Pilot," a newpaper in Boston, Massachutes. Reverend Patrick J. Sheehy was the first resident preist of the church, starting in 1894-1895. The church was located next to Colored Industrial Institute (later called St. Peter's School), a Catholic school for African Americans that opened in 1889 under the staffing of the Sisters of Charity from Nazareth, Kentucky. A new church designed by T.E. Windham, an African American architect, replaced this structure in 1903.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...