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Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
FOUNDATION GRAFTON IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH Bishop Rappe had taken note that most of the thirty families of the mission were now, 1862, living in Grafton and so decided to phase out the mission of LA Porte. He appointed Fr. Halley as the first pastor of Grafton-LA Porte. By September of 1863 he acquired several lots on Erie Street and in 1865, with the help of the parishioners, hauled St. John's chapel down the road to the site on which the present hall stands. A new church was the real goal, with St.John's to serve as an interim meeting place during construction. A project of huge proportions, Fr. Halley secured $3000 in cash, labor and material from his thirty families. Remember that these men worked for a dollar a day. Sandstone was the obvious choice for building material; the quarries were in town and a spur track was directly behind the Church. (where the parking lot is now) So by 1865 foundation digging was underway for the new stone church. Few stones had been laid when Fr. Halley found out he needed twice as much money as he thought to finish building. So he traveled to Cleveland, Cincinnati and New York to try to raise the capital. When he returned home, his pockets still empty, he requested and received a transfer. Fr. Alexander R. Sidley replaced Fr. Halley in January1868. He put new life into the project. The walls and the roof went up, the interior was plastered and the floor was put down. By the end of 1870 the church was ready for pews. In the spring of 1871 Fr. Daudet, the new pastor. Had the church ready to be used. Certainly a beautiful way to start a pastorate. Of course he also had to pay off the debt of $8000 which he had completed by 1890. The new church was to be called Immaculate Conception after the newly defined doctrine by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854.
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