Calumet in Houghton County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
St. Paul the Apostle Church
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 13, 2014
1. St. Paul the Apostle Church Marker
Inscription.
St. Paul the Apostle Church. . St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church was established in 1889 by Slovenian immigrants who came to the area to work in the mines of the Copper Country. The wood frame church erected by the parish in 1890 was destroyed by fire in 1902. The following year this elegant Romanesque church, designed by Erhard Brielmater of Milwaukee, was begun. It was completed at a cost of $100,000 in 1908. Built of locally-quarried Jacobsville sandstone, the structure displays Cathedral-type stained glass windows from the Ford Brothers Glass Studio of Minneapolis. Its interior features a beautifully painted sixty-five foot nave. In 1966 four parishes consolidated, making this building their church and changing its name to St. Paul the Apostle.
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church was established in 1889 by Slovenian immigrants who came to the area to work in the mines of the Copper Country. The wood frame church erected by the parish in 1890 was destroyed by fire in 1902. The following year this elegant Romanesque church, designed by Erhard Brielmater of Milwaukee, was begun. It was completed at a cost of $100,000 in 1908. Built of locally-quarried Jacobsville sandstone, the structure displays Cathedral-type stained glass windows from the Ford Brothers Glass Studio of Minneapolis. Its interior features a beautifully painted sixty-five foot nave. In 1966 four parishes consolidated, making this building their church and changing its name to St. Paul the Apostle.
Erected 1986 by Bureau of History, Michigan Department of State. (Marker Number L1089.)
Location. 47° 14.795′ N, 88° 27.396′ W. Marker is in Calumet, Michigan, in Houghton County. It is at the intersection of Eighth Street and Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on Eighth Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Calumet MI 49913, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and in Copper Country. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and on Lake Superiors South Shore Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.
Also see . . . Keweenaw Catholic Community. (Submitted on August 16, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 13, 2014
2. St. Paul the Apostle Church Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 989 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
