Church of the Holy Family (Cahokia)

Church of the Holy Family (Cahokia)
Church of the Holy Family
Church of the Holy Family (Cahokia) is located in Illinois
Location: East 1st St., Cahokia, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates: 38°33′43″N 90°10′22″W / 38.56194°N 90.17278°W / 38.56194; -90.17278Coordinates: 38°33′43″N 90°10′22″W / 38.56194°N 90.17278°W / 38.56194; -90.17278
NRHP Reference#: 70000851
Significant dates
Added to NRHP: April 15, 1970[1]
Designated NHL: April 15, 1970[2]

The Church of the Holy Family is a Roman Catholic church located in the St. Clair County, Illinois city of Cahokia. The Log Church, built in 1799 and replacing a similar church built in 1699, is the oldest church completely west of the Alleghany Mountains. (A Methodist church in Union, West Virginia, built in 1785 is west of highest ranges of the Alleghany Mountains.) Constructed of black walnut timbers in the traditional French Colonial ""poteaux-sur-solle"" (post-on-sill) vertical-log construction style, the Log Church is only one of five built in this style that still exist in North America. The church was declared a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The building is located on First Street in Cahokia.[1]

Holy Family parish is the oldest continuously active Catholic Parish in the United States, having been founded in 1699 by Canadian missionaries. Roman Catholic Services are still conducted in the church[3]

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Tours

Guides conduct daily tours during the summer from 11:00am through 4:00pm. Guides read a brief history of the church and then allow visitors to walk around.

See also

  • Oldest churches in the United States

References

  1. ^ a b NRIS Database[dead link], National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
  2. ^ "Church of the Holy Family". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1029&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2007-10-13. 
  3. ^ Holy Family Catholic Church Parish website

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