Catholic Architecture and History of Toledo, Ohio

 I have recently received the news that St. Michael the Archangel in North Toledo will be closing on January 4 2026. I will attend the mass ...

 Today marks 10 years that Good Shepherd has closed. I got some photos to see what has happened since then. I can say that not much has chan...

A recent article in ArtNet examines the tradition of grottoes in the Midwest, highlighting an exhibition at Wisconsin's John Michael Ko...

 A segment on WTOL Channel 11: https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/local-ministry-church-for-sale-historic-polish-neighborhood-toledo-oh...

 I was just driving by and decided to try the doors. They were open this time and I couldn't help but take a ton of photos. It was a rai...

 Here are various church photos taken from the Ohio Building downtown. I got access thanks to my Dad.

I attended the Old West End festival and one of the houses I toured was the Gerber home. It was part of the Mary Manse College at one point ...

A postcard of St. John in Defiance.  

The Tablet (Diocese of Brooklyn) recently featured an article and video about 19th century architect Patrick Keely.  He is credited with the...

 Just a couple miles west of of route 23 in Michigan is the small town of Deerfield. They don't have much except for an amazing looking ...

 After two days of voting, the cardinals elected Robert Francis Prevost from Chicago, IL to be the new Pope at 12:07 EST. This marks the fir...

Through the Toledo-Lucas County Library, a collection of photos from the 1940s of Rosary Cathedral in Toledo:  click HERE . Thanks to Max Sc...

  There are already photos of this interior, but they went through a repaint after they were taken. Unfortunately these were taken during Le...

 I made a trip to Norwalk and St. Mary happened to be open. I also climbed the bell tower. I'm pretty sure the last person up there was ...

 Another Statue from Good Shepherd has been restored and is now on display at St. Joseph, Maumee. Its nice to see that they changed the pain...

Happened to see on eBay, an etching of the Old St. Mary's Church in downtown Toledo by artist Morris Henry Hobbs . Hobbs lived in Toled...

 I made another trip back to the area to get the churches I didn't photograph. The first I stopped at was St. Louis in North Star. Its w...