St. Mary, Assumption

Now named Holy Trinity.  Image is from about 1910.  Assumption was previously known as Caraghar or Caraghar's Corners as early as 1840.

Assumption, Reed Township

Post card, uncertain of date.

Assumption, Reed Township

Here are some photos of Assumption church in Reed, taken in the late 1970s. Many thanks to Mike Doughty for sharing these.

Assumption and Swanton

Photos of St. Mary's, Assumption, and St. Richard's, Swanton, from a 1900 history of the Cleveland Diocese.

From Fr. Houck's History of Catholicity in Northern Ohio

St. Richard, Swanton

The first St. Mary's, at Assumption.

The second, and current, St Mary's ( Now Holy Trinity ) at Assumption.

Holy Trinity, Assumption

Holy Trinity, Assumption

Holy Trinity, Assumption

Assumption, Reed Township

I like that tower cap.

Tornado at Raab's Corners, 1920

From the March 31, 1920 Sandusky Star-Journal:

This picture shows the ruins of Immaculate Conception Catholic church at Raab's Corners, northeast of Swanton, and about two miles from the home of the mother of T. H. Dilgart, Sandusky merchant, who was at his mother's home when the cyclone struck Sunday evening.

It shows the main altar standing. Several light pieces of statuary also were not disturbed by the wind. The church was of brick, and the damage is estimated at $60,000 by the pastor, the Rev. Charles Renck. Damage to the parish house, nearby, is estimated at $6,000, while the parochial school loss is $8,000. Four sisters of the Notre Dame order narrowly escaped injury or death, and are now .sheltered at the home of a farmer nearby.

“I suppose it would remind one of the ruins of Rheims or some cathedral in the war-stricken district in France,” said Mr. Dilgart, who viewed the wrecked church. “The church was about the size of St. Peter and Paul’s church in Sandusky. Its destruction gives some idea of the great force of the cyclone.”

(The area was later known as Marygrove, and is now part of Holy Trinity parish, Assumption.)

More pictures at Toledo / Lucas County Library site:

HERE and HERE

Holy Trinity, Assumption

The church is simple, but the furnishings are absolutely first-rate. Every piece is a gem. Look at the shrine, on the wall, at the left of the picture. Perfect.
I understand the parish may be building a new church. Given that, I want to make a personal appeal to them. Please, don't abandon your heritage. Those shrines and side altars would look fantastic in a contemporary interior. Don't dump them in storage, or sell them to who knows where. Use them. Future generations will thank you. Don't let anyone sell you a bill of goods about artistic integrity, either. You don't have to put a new church together like an old-fashioned 1950's living room "suite". Everything doesn't have to match. "Mix and match worked perfectly for the English country houses and the great churches of Europe. It can work just as well for you.
Holy Trinity has artwork it can be very proud of.

Photo courtesy of Sean Lyons of Roamin' Catholics.