It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. Happy Belated St. Patrick’s Day!!

It is fitting that this week’s post is a vintage post card showing St. Patrick Catholic Church of Whitewater. Founded in the 1840s by Irish immigrant farmers who settled in the Town of Whitewater, the church grew in the 1860s with an influx of ethnic Irish workers who were employed at the two large factories in town. The current church complex, shown here, was built in 1958 and still serves the congregation today.

Join us next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society.

(3299PC, Whitewater Historical Society)