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|'''Address''':

| St. Barbara Church<br>1505 Denison Avenue<br>Cleveland, Ohio<br>

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|'''Affiliation''':

| Roman Catholic

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|'''Organized''':

| 1905

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|'''Pastor''':

|Fr. Lucjan Stokowski<br>(Fr. Michael Dyrcz has retired)

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|'''Neighborhood''':

| [[Gertie St.|West 15th St]]<br>and [[Newburgh St.|Denison Avenue]] area

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|'''Mass Schedule:'''

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|Mondays||8:30 a.m

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|Wednesdays||8:30 a.m

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|Saturdays||4:30 p.m.

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|Sundays||9:00 a.m. (English)<br> 11:00 a.m. (Polish)

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= Building History =

==Church Building #1==

:St. Barbara's, a Roman Catholic Church, was first organized in 1906 at 4007 Valley Road. The architect for the building, Emile Uhlrich<ref>[http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/arch/pdf/archdetailPrint.php?afil=90&archID=254 Cleveland Architects]</ref> of Fugman and Uhlrich, designed nearly a half-dozen churches in Cleveland.

:The location made it difficult for parishioners from around [[Newburgh St.|Denison Avenue]] to attend, especially during the winter and when the dirt road was wet and muddy.

:When the church burnt down in 1913, some parishioners were eager to have the church rebuilt elsewhere, preferably on Denison.

==Church Building #2==

:In 1916, Bishop John P. Ferrelly purchased six lots from Caroline Loomis. The lots, part of the [[Petty and Baldwin]] Allotment, were all facing north on Denison Avenue. It was here, at the corner of [[Petty St.|West 15th St.]] that the '''second church''' was built as a wood frame building.

==Church Building #3==

:In 1925, the '''third church''' was built as part of the new [[St. Barbara's Elementary School]] as an extension from the south side of the school. The previous church then was used as a hall.

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