← All Pennsylvania markers

Old St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church

Old St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 2014.

Philadelphia County · dedicated 2014 · 324 Walnut St., Philadelphia

Get directions ↗Start a road trip Historical trails

In 1729, Rev. Joseph Greaton, SJ, established the earliest foundation of Catholicism in Pa. He was the church's first pastor and the only Catholic priest in Philadelphia when the church was built in 1733. Jesuits from this parish founded the early frontier missions of Conewago in Adams County and Goshenhoppen in Berks County, as well as the first Catholic churches in New Jersey and Delaware.

TodayHistorical map

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

Leiden University Libraries

Example

under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

From one family's 77-marker roster

Upload your family tree and TreeAlive finds the markers near where your own ancestors lived.

See your family's markers

Start with a tree file, a FamilySearch sign in, or a WikiTree ID.

Report a problem with this page

The marker isn't at this spotOur pin may be off. If you know where it stands, tell us.I couldn't find the markerWe record what the source recorded. We have not been to look.The sign reads differentlyThat would be an error, and we can pass it to the program.The historical map looks wrongThe period map behind the pin, not the marker itself.Something else

We may pass what you report to the state's marker program. Please don't include personal details.

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

More markers nearby

The Philadelphia Contributionshipunder 1 mi
Insurance Company of North Americaunder 1 mi
Caspar Wistar (1761-1818)under 1 mi
John Penn - PLAQUEunder 1 mi

On the National Register nearby

Philadelphia Contributionship270 ft

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.