1031 Ave. E, Fort Madison, Iowa. County/parish: Lee.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 08, 1980. NRIS 80001455.
1 contributing building.Holy Family Catholic Church is a parish of the Diocese of Davenport. The parish is the result of a merger between Saints Mary and Joseph Parish and Sacred Heart Parish in the city of Fort Madison, Iowa, United States. It maintains both of the former parish church buildings as worship sites. The oldest parish in town, St. Joseph, and St. Mary of the Assumption had merged in the 1990s. St. Mary of the Assumption Church, which became Saints Mary and Joseph, is located at 11th Street and Avenue E. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Sacred Heart Church is located at 23rd Street and Ave I.
In 2014 St. Mary's Church, rectory and convent were included as contributing properties in the Park-to-Park Residential Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75339301