St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (Stone City, Iowa)

	St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
Location	Stone City, Jones County, Iowa
Coordinates	42°6′50″N 91°21′18″W / 42.11389°N 91.35500°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913
Built by	Otto Braun
Architect	Guido Beck
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
Part of	Stone City Historic District (ID08001099)
NRHP reference No.	05000904
Added to NRHP	August 24, 2005

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church is a former parish church of the Archdiocese of Dubuque located in Stone City, Iowa, United States. Catholics in Stone City were initially served by priests from Cedar Rapids and Anamosa. Mass was celebrated in parishioner's homes until 1881 when permission was granted to use a large hall in Stone City.^[2] The parish was established in 1901 and the cornerstone for the church building was laid in 1913. It was completed later the same year. The church was designed by Dubuque, Iowa architect Guido Beck. The stained glass windows of the church were imported from Germany. The limestone used for the building was donated by city quarries. Otto Braun served as the contractor, and the labor to construct the church was also donated by local quarry businesses. The lower level of the building houses the parish hall. The rear of the church can be seen anchoring the left side of Grant Wood's painting Stone City (1930).^[2] The parish started to lose parishioners in the 1920s when the stone quarries started to decline. Its size increased again in the 1950s before economic factors once again caused it to decline. The archdiocese closed the parish in 1992, and church building became an oratory.

The church building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It was included as a contributing property in the Stone City Historic District in 2008.^[3]

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^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
^ ^a ^b William C. Page. "St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-06. with photos
^ Leah D. Rogers. "Stone City Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-03.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.

[Page-2] William C. Page. "St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-06. with photos

[Rogers-3] Leah D. Rogers. "Stone City Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-03.

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Jones County, Iowa
Anamosa	Anamosa Main Street Historic District Anamosa Public Library Antioch School Edmund and Mary Ann Walworth Booth House Farm No. 1, Iowa Men's Reformatory Fremont Mill Bridge John A. Green Estate Hale Bridge Iowa Men's Reformatory Cemetery Iowa Men's Reformatory Historic District Jones County Courthouse Lower Road Bridge Rick's Brewery Col. William T. and Elizabeth C. Shaw House State Quarry, Iowa Men's Reformatory Wapsipinicon State Park Historic District
Cascade	Farm Creek Historic District Kenny Farmstead Archeological District
Monticello	Ely's Stone Bridge S.S. Farwell House Moore's Ford Bridge Odd Fellows Hall St. Luke's Methodist Church
Olin	Business Part of Olin Historic District
Scotch Grove	Corbett's/Eby's Mill Bridge Scotch Grove Historic District
Stone City	St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Stone City Historic District
Wyoming	Dr. Martin H. Caulkins House and Office
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Jones County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque
Ordinaries	Bishops Mathias Loras Clement Smyth Archbishops John Hennessy John Keane James Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Jackels Thomas Robert Zinkula
Auxiliary bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin
Churches	Cathedral St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Parishes Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg Former parishes Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Dubuque St. Joseph, Stone City
Education	Higher education Clarke University Divine Word College Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque High schools Beckman High School, Dyersville Columbus High School, Waterloo Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville Marquette High School, Bellevue Newman Catholic High School, Mason City Wahlert High School, Dubuque Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids Primary schools Mazzuchelli Middle School, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Dubuque St. Mary's School, Guttenberg Former schools Sacred Heart School, Dubuque St. Luke's School, St. Lucas
Religious orders	New Melleray Abbey Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Priests	John George Alleman John Patrick Carroll James Vincent Casey Joseph Crétin Justin Albert Driscoll Thomas William Drumm Raymond Philip Etteldorf Daniel Mary Gorman Edward Howard William Michael Joensen Louis Benedict Kucera Mathias Clement Lenihan Thomas Mathias Lenihan J. A. M. Pelamourgues Aloysius Schmitt Joseph Clement Willging Thomas Zinkula
Miscellany	Mount Saint Bernard Seminary and Barn Our Mother of Sorrows Grotto Historic District
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