Millbrook in Dutchess County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

St. Joseph’s Church / La Chiesa di San Giuseppe

Millbrook, New York

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St. Joseph’s Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 8, 2019

1. St. Joseph’s Church Marker

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St. Joseph's Church
Before St. Joseph's Church was completed in 1872, local Catholics had been served by priests who rode out either from Poughkeepsie or Amenia to conduct Mass in an inter-denominational hall. St. Joseph's became an independent parish in 1890. Many Irish Catholics had immigrated from Ireland after the Irish Potato Famine in the late 1840s. They followed work where they could find it: first on the farms, later on the railroad. The first Italian immigrants came to Millbrook in the 1890s to work as stone masons or day laborers on the large estates. Like the Irish, they stayed and became devoted parishioners, forging a strong Catholic community in the village. Behind the church is the Cardinal Hayes Home for Children, caring for special-needs children since 1941.

La Chiesa di San Giuseppe
Prima Che la Chiesa fosse completata, nel 1872, i cattolici del posto attendevano la messa, celebrata da un prete che veniva da Poughkeepsie o da Amenia, in una sala interdenominale. La Chiesa di San Giuseppe diventò una parrocchia indipendente nel 1890. Molti cattolici irlandesi

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emigrarono dopo la Carestia delle Patate della metà dell'Ottocento. All'inizio essi lavoravano nelle fattorie e nella ferrovia. I primi immigranti italiani arrivarono circa 1890 per lavorare come muratori o giornalieri nelle grandi proprietà. Come gli irlandesi, essi si fermarono e diventarono devoti parrocchiani, formando una importante comunità cattolica nel villaggio. Dietro la chiesa si trova la Casa per Bambini del Cardinale Hayes, che si cura dei giovani con necessità speciali sin dal 1941.

Erected 2014 by The Museum in the Streets®. (Marker Number 1.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Churches & Religion. In addition, it is included in the The Museum in the Streets®: Millbrook, New York series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1872.

Location. 41° 47.155′ N, 73° 41.797′ W. Marker is in Millbrook, New York, in Dutchess County. Marker is at the intersection of North Avenue and St Joseph Drive, on the left when traveling north on North Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Millbrook NY 12545, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Millbrook Bicentennial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); A Tribute and a Gift / Un tributo ed Un Regalo (about 300 feet away); "Gandy Dancers" / I Construttori della Ferrovia

Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 8, 2019

2. St. Joseph’s Church Marker

(about 300 feet away); Life's Little Pleasures / I Piccoli Piaceri della Vita (about 300 feet away); Tribute Garden (about 300 feet away); Millbrook, New York (about 300 feet away); Millbrook Veterans Monument (about 400 feet away); "Aren’t We Dressed Up Fine?" / "Come Siamo Eleganti!" (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millbrook.

Also see . . .
1. St. Joseph-Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. (Submitted on September 22, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. Village of Milbrook. (Submitted on September 22, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

St. Joseph’s Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 8, 2019

3. St. Joseph’s Church

Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 188 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 22, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.