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| Saint Louis in Fog |
A foggy morning obscures the steeple of St. Louis, known as the mother church of Roman Catholic Churches in the Buffalo Diocese. The parish itself was formed this month in 1829 with land given by French nobleman and Holland Land Co. agent Louis Stephen LeCouteulx de Caumont. The original parish church was built of logs from the adjacent woods in 1831. It was replaced by a larger brick church , which was lost to fire in 1885. The impressive continental Gothic style church we see today was completed 1889. The oldest Catholic congregation in Buffalo also has a reputation amongst contemporary Catholics as one of the most welcoming parishes in the area.
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