The Choir of the Pro-Cathedral of Saint Mary poses with director Father Francis A. Missia outside the northeast door of the church. Mrs. Grace Long stands in the front row, 6th from the left.
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.
Schools in North-central Minnesota (1871-1909). Eden Valley was platted in 1886 when the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company laid their tracks through the area, Eden Valley developed rather rapidly. By 1901 three Benedictine sisters from St. Joseph went there to teach in temporary classrooms until the new parochial school was completed in 1902. Eventually the enrollment peaked at 310 with 8 sisters teaching at the Assumption School. Watkins The same year, the neighboring town of Watkins was platted along the same railroad. By 1907 the Catholic parish, St. Anthony's, in Watkins was large enough to build its own parochial school. The Benedictine sisters from St. Joseph were invited to teach there and the school soon realized an enrollment of 200 pupils. In subsequent years, the school developed to a peak of 321 students and for some years included high school classes (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives, Olsenius, page 137).
Bldg. no. 2, Sheet No. X. Detail of inlayed cross, with stippled finish, low relief lily on either side of base of cross. Florets at corners of inlay. Note: Finish to be dull statuary bronze with highlights polished.
Building no. 2, Sheet no. 2. Stamped Slifer, Lundie & Abrahamson, Successors to E. L. Masqueray. 1/2 elevations and measurements, half plan, doors on axis ""Q"" and axis ""O"" Note references removal of present wooden steps.
Untitled sketch. Angels top the posts on the chair back, and a heraldic shield (possibly a bishop's coat-of-arms) is above the back cushion. To right, a very lightly sketched priest faces the chair, perhaps to show scale.
Untitled sketch. On left, rough outline of Calvary grouping as carved by sculptor John Garratti. On right, more complete sketch of alternative pieta statuary for the pillar location, with Mary holding Christ below a cloth-draped cross.
Sheet no. 8. Details showing return of cresting at rear of canopy. Metal framework structure. Plan of platform (lower platform in 4 sections for easy removal and storage).
Three separate sketches: Section ""X-X""(straight front view, cut away for half showing interior construction and measurements); Section on center line (side view into priest's side of confessional); Side Elevation (left side, door into priest's side). Also Half Plan at ""A-A"" sketch (view from above looking down on roof plan and interior).
Sheet no. 10. Notes: Seat of Best Quality Leather; spring cushion; Same detail on sides as shown for sedillia. Penciled in very lightly beside the chair is a priest figure.
Sheet no. 213-A. Revised section through baptismal font basin showing additional drain from storage compartment. Also, small sketch detail of baptismal font lid in lower left corner.
Sheet no. 8. Three separate sketches: Front elevation (4 thus); Side section details (4 thus); Plan with framing and composition grille (4 thus). Also includes detailed notes on wood for cases, woodwork finish, decoration of metal pipes and composition work.
Untitled. Pattern sheet for plaster ornamentation, grape clusters, vines and leaves separated by S-curves. Pattern is repeated decorating the narrow ribs cross the overhead arch of the nave. Pattern is broken by smaller rosettes half-way up each side, and at center by a large protruding florette.
Sheet no. 203. Framed scene, Christ at center greeting Mary, the Cross against his shoulder. A centurion stands behind him to the right, another sketchy figure to his left. Frame design is sketched in to upper right corner. Also measurements, notion for ""inscription." Stations were crafted by McBride Studios - New York and Pietrasanta, Italy.