Paducah, KY, United States
St. John the Evangelist Church and School. Roots of the first Catholic parish in McCracken Co. go back to German immigrants who settled in this area about 1839. Fr. Elisha Durbin said Mass in homes until log church was built in 1849. A frame church was built in 1869 & used until the present church w
as dedicated in 1933. Extensive renovation was completed in 2006. (Reverse) First school on site was called “Spring School” and was used to prepare children for sacraments, with students being taught
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