page_title: St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Wapakoneta, Ohio)
section_title: School
hierarchical_section_title: St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Wapakoneta, Ohio) / Related buildings / School
caption_attribution_description: English: Front of St. Joseph's Catholic School, located along Pearl Street between Pine and Blackhoof Streets in downtown Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States. Built in 1899, the school and its adjoining school were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a part of the Cross-Tipped Churches of Ohio Thematic Resources.
context_page_description: St. Joseph's Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States. Built in 1910, this church is home to an active Catholic parish, and it has been declared a historic site because of its well-preserved Romanesque Revival architecture.
context_section_description: In 1853, the church purchased a frame building adjacent to its property and quickly opened a parish elementary school inside.  After sixteen years, a larger structure was desired, and a larger brick building was erected immediately to the east of the church at a cost of $4,000.  Continued growth necessitated its replacement by a newer building in 1899; this structure is still standing.  With features such as towers and turrets, St. Joseph's School is one of the most architecturally-prominent Catholic schools in the region, along with schools in Minster, St. Henry, and Chickasaw.
  As the parish continued to expand, a high school was opened in 1919; its classes met in the elementary school building until a new building was completed in 1961.  However, financial issues caused the high school's closure in 1974; the elementary students were then transferred to the former high school, and the original elementary school was then leased to the Wapakoneta City School District.
caption: Front and side of the school
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