St. James Catholic Church and Rectory, Jamestown, Dakota Territory, c.1882

Summary

Historic photograph of **St. James Catholic Church and its rectory at Jamestown, Dakota Territory, c.1882** — a brick Gothic-Revival church beside a frame rectory house, photographed in winter. This was the Catholic parish serving Jamestown's Irish-Catholic settlers in the 1880s — i.e. the church the family's Dakota-leg Catholic Irish would have used. Visual / institutional context, no family persons depicted.

Places

• Jamestown, North Dakota (primary)
• Stutsman County, North Dakota (primary)
• Dakota Territory / North Dakota (primary)

Themes

• dakota_territory_settlement
• irish_american_community

Tags

• context_setting
• book_chapter_material

Related sources

• 1883 — Bird's-eye-view lithograph: "Birds Eye View of Jamestown, Dak., Stutsman County, 1883" — 1883 bird's-eye-view lithograph of Jamestown, Dakota Territory