Two Catholic churches located here

St. Agnes Catholic Church and the Mother of Mercy Mission

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St. Agnes Catholic Church and the Mother of Mercy Mission

These two 1952 photographs portray the St. Agnes Catholic Church and the Mother of Mercy Mission, both of Washington. At the last request to her husband, Mrs. Cogan, a dying New York woman, requested a small mission chapel be built. That chapel, a small brick structure on Market Street, was built and became known as St. Agnes Catholic Church. St. Agnes became a church and school combined. The Mother of Mercy Mission, a Catholic church for people of color, was built in 1927 and became a church as well as a school. A brief history of the Catholic churches in Washington can be found in these two articles.

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