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St. Peter's Roman
Catholic Church. UTM: 17
513974E 3897716N St. Peter's Roman Catholic
Church was established in 1851 mainly to serve the Irish who were
laboring in gold mines in and around Charlotte. The current Gothic
Revival style church was erected in 1878 and is the second oldest church
building in Center City Charlotte. The fanciful Victorian Eastlake
style rectory next door was finished in 1897. In 1987, Father John
Haughey secured the services of artist Ben Long to fashion a religious
fresco on the front wall of the sanctuary. The fresco suffered
extensive damage in 2002. |
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