Atlantic City in Atlantic County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Father John Quaremba
1876 - 1951
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 22, 2022
1. Father John Quaremba Marker
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Father John Quaremba. At the age of just 28, Father John Quaremba, a native of Castle Grande, Italy, founded St. Michael's Church in Atlantic City for Italian immigrants. In September 1904 he celebrated the first Mass at St. Michael's Parish which was just two years after he had both been ordained and had immigrated to America. About 30 families attended that mass in a vacated store at Mississippi and Atlantic avenues, a half block away from the present location of St. Michael's Church. A permanent parish church at 12 N. Mississippi Avenue was blessed Dec. 23, 1912. Six weeks later, Father Quaremba opened the parish school with 99 students and four Salesian Sisters as their teachers in 1926, he was instrumental in the development of the original Danté Hall, opera house and theater, which helped lay the ground work for the fostering of culture in Ducktown and preservation of its rich Italian heritage.
At the age of just 28, Father John Quaremba, a native of Castle Grande, Italy, founded St. Michael's Church in Atlantic City for Italian immigrants. In September 1904 he celebrated the first Mass at St. Michael's Parish which was just two years after he had both been ordained and had immigrated to America. About 30 families attended that mass in a vacated store at Mississippi and Atlantic avenues, a half block away from the present location of St. Michael's Church. A permanent parish church at 12 N. Mississippi Avenue was blessed Dec. 23, 1912. Six weeks later, Father Quaremba opened the parish school with 99 students and four Salesian Sisters as their teachers in 1926, he was instrumental in the development of the original Danté Hall, opera house and theater, which helped lay the ground work for the fostering of culture in Ducktown and preservation of its rich Italian heritage.
is in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in Atlantic County. Marker is at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and North Mississippi Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Atlantic Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2305 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City NJ 08401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 22, 2022
2. Father John Quaremba Marker
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