History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . eenough for all purposes the boys schoolwas sold to the city for a sum of seventhousand five hundred dollars. —ST. JOHNS CHURCH. This church is situated on lots 2 and3, Block 5, Harlows addition No. i, andis facing Washington street. It was builtentirely of logs in 1856 by the Rev. Shaw for the Methodist Episcopal con-gregation. Mr. Shaw c
History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . eenough for all purposes the boys schoolwas sold to the city for a sum of seventhousand five hundred dollars. —ST. JOHNS CHURCH. This church is situated on lots 2 and3, Block 5, Harlows addition No. i, andis facing Washington street. It was builtentirely of logs in 1856 by the Rev. Shaw for the Methodist Episcopal con-gregation. Mr. Shaw cut all the timberswithin the present city limits, and hewedand drew them with his own hand. Herethe Methodists worshipped until 1872,when they erected a handsome brown-stone church on the corner of Ridge andFront streets, and then sold their old onefor twentv-five hundred dollars to the Canadian French, who just then hadbanded into a congregation of their church was clapboarded on the out-side and remodeled on the inside to suitthe demands of Catholic worship. Onthe 18th of August, 1872, Bishop Mrakdedicated it to St. John the Baptist. Mainville, of the Viateur Fathers,was the only priest present on the occa-. ? Circular letter dated July 25, 1906. REV. J. IGXAllLS uTIS. sion. He also held services for a fewSundays. The first pastor, Rev. W. was appointed early in Novemberand remained in charge of the congrega-tion until October 19, 1874. The firstchristening recorded on the parish rec-ords is that of Marie JMelina Chartier,on November 19, 1872. Father Roy built a residence on the lotwest of the church at the cost of three 206 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF thousand dollars. He became financiallyembarrassed and Mr. Gregory, the con-tractor, took possession of it and leasedit to a third party for a boarding remained in this servitude until FatherIMartel redeemed it and occupied it him-self. His predecessors lived in rent. Further successions were;
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