After St. John the Baptist Catholic Church was chartered in 1854, William Byrne and his family donated the land for the church and cemetery. The burial ground, located on Judicial Road, Burnsville, Minnesota continues to serve the parish.
After a fire destroyed St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Burnsville in 1904, it was rebuilt with brick on 125th Street West in Savage, Minnesota. This structure was torn down and replaced in 1984 with a newer and larger building attached to the parish school.
This image shows the west front of St. Mary's Catholic Church in St. Peter. The church, also known as the Church of the Immaculate Conception, was located at 523 South Third Street from 1889 until 1992. This postcard negative, marked 469, has been converted to a digital positive image.
The Credit River Catholic Cemetery (originally St. Peter's Cemetery) is south of the corner of County Road 21 and County Road 27. It was founded in the 1800s on land next to where St. Peter's church once stood.
View is to the southeast from west side of 7th Street South just north of 2nd Avenue South showing the recently completed Trinity Lutheran Church on southeast corner. Adjacent houses on 2nd Avenue South and 7th Street South are also visible.
This image shows the Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peter. A partial view of the Evangelical Lutheran Church is visible in the background. The two churches were at the intersection of Fifth and Mulberry Streets. Both congregations later erected new churches on the same sites. This postcard negative, marked 489, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This image shows a view of the Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peter in 1958. The church was located along Fifth Street, between Mulberry and Myrtle Streets, facing Gorman Park. This postcard negative, marked 528, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This image shows the south side and the east front of the Union Presbyterian Church in St. Peter, which is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Third and Locust Streets. This postcard negative, marked 459, has been converted to a digital positive image.