Site of Old St. Mary’s

Cornerstone 1853 - Dedicated 1854

The first building erected as a cathedral in California, Old Saint Mary’s served the archdiocese of San Francisco in that capacity from 1854 to 1891. Once the City’s most prominent building, much of its stone ...

Old St. Mary’s

Built in 1703, this

was the first Episcopal

Church in New Jersey.

Services were transferred

to new St. Mary’s in 1854.

Marker is at the intersection of W Broad Street and Wood Street, on the right when traveling west on W Broad Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old St. Mary’s

Dedicated 1883 

Rocklin’s Irish community started to raise funds to build their own church – it was St. Patrick’s Day; the year, 1881. Two years later this building was completed. Archbishop Joseph Alemany of San Francisco dedicated the building as ...