Old St. Mary's Church (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Old St. Mary's Church, School and Rectory | |
Front of the church with its tower | |
| Location | 123 E. 13th St., Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°06′34″N 84°30′45″W / 39.10944°N 84.51250°W |
| Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
| Built | 1841 |
| Architect | Franz Ignatz Erd |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Late Victorian |
| Part of | Over-the-Rhine Historic District (ID83001985) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001439 |
| Added to NRHP | March 13, 1976 |
Old St. Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Cincinnati's historic Over-The-Rhine neighborhood. It is the oldest continually-used house of worship in Cincinnati.
Old St. Mary's is the oldest church in Cincinnati, and since 2017, home to The Cincinnati Oratory, a society of priests and brothers of The Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. The church was organized in 1840 by German immigrants, at a time of dramatic growth in the city's population.
Designed in the Greek Revival style by Franz Ignatz Erd, it is the second-oldest German-Catholic parish in the city and the oldest standing church in Cincinnati. The church is 142 feet long, 66 feet wide and with a steeple 170 feet tall. When built, it was the largest church in the Ohio Valley. The original church was dedicated on July 3, 1842.