A lament for St. Ann’s, a long-lost Vinegar Hill church
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This is a lament for a long-lost church that was a proud piece of Irish-American heritage — the Roman Catholic Church of St. Ann.
It was built in 1860, on the eve of the Civil War.
The Gothic-style brick church, which had a 130-foot tower, was designed by the Prince of American Catholic Architects, as his admirers called him, Patrick Charles Keely.