The church’s memory lives on through the activities of the Italian Community Center and in the remnants of the church’s artifacts that found their way into individual homes and at St. Blessed Virgin of Pompeii Church (known among locals as the “Little Pink Church” because of the distinctive paint shade that eventually coated its exterior) maintained a spiritual and cultural vitality that rallied Milwaukee Italians for decades until the church’s last Mass on July 30, 1967, when it was forced to close to make way for the I-794 freeway. Church records 1840-1923, available at Family History Library Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Year Founded: 1843 Milwaukee Records: Baptism Records available on this site. Church records 1900-1920, available at Family History Library Cathedral of St. Fundraising among this working-class population did not go easily, but by Christmas Day 1904, a “simple brick structure… seated only 200 congregants… interior was a veritable pantheon of popular religious figures, frescoes, and ornamental plasterwork” opened. Records: Original records are kept at MILWAUKEE, St. John’s Cathedral, these newcomers sought their own ethnic church, staffed by priests who spoke their language and understood their culture. Rita’s Square, a 20 million senior community being developed by Tarantino. It's being rebuilt with its Italian-American heritage at the forefront of the design. that found their way into individual homes and at St. Rita Catholic Church on Milwaukee's east side was torn down last year. At first served by a Catholic mission supported by parishioners from St. In the aftermath of Milwaukees most devastating fire in history in late October. Their numbers grew steadily, from several hundred in the late 1880s to just under five thousand by 1910. Replacing this first wave of immigrants was a second contingent, generally from Italy and more particularly from Sicily. In the aftermath of Milwaukee’s most devastating fire in history in late October 1892, significant portions of the Third Ward’s Irish population migrated west toward the Tory Hill and Merrill Park neighborhoods.
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