St Joseph Catholic Cemetery

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1871	Cemetery replaces old one in city
1917	Front gates and admin building added

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old st joe cemetery http://www.ingenweb.org/invanderburgh/cemeteries/catholiccem.htm where st joe school and playground now are, garvin st originally well out of town Evansville's first Catholic Cemetery was on Garvin between Columbia and Michigan Streets. The graves were removed to St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery beginning in 1872. http://www.ingenweb.org/invanderburgh/cemeteries/images/catholic/catholic_cem.jpg http://www.ingenweb.org/invanderburgh/cemeteries/stjosephcatholic1.htm st joe cemetery first burial aug 1872 in 1880 atlas 70+ acres 1.25 w of city limits http://www.rootsweb.com/~invander/cemeteries/st_joseph/index.htm

office building and front gates added 1917 stonework reads "St. Joseph" also "1871" for original date and 1917 for construction date

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