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St. Thomas Aquinas Church (Zanesville, Ohio)
St. Thomas Aquinas Church is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus at 130 North. 5th Street in Zanesville, Ohio, Zanesville, Ohio. The current church was completed in 1842, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and was under the care of the Order of Preachers until July 2017. History Trinity Church The first Mass celebrated in Zanesville was celebrated by Dominican Order, Dominican Fr. Nicholas Young, who was traveling through the area to Perry County. However, upon discovering three Catholic families in the area, he said Mass in the Catholic Church, Mass on the second floor of the Green Tree Tavern in the spring of 1819. The tavern was owned by John Dugan and stood at the corner of Fifth and Main Streets. In November 1820, Dugan purchased a brick warehouse to serve as a church, renaming it Trinity Church. Young came via horseback twice a month from Somerset, Ohio, Somerset to say Mass for the community. In 1823, Fr. Stephen Montgome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. It is located east of Columbus and had a population of 24,765 as of the 2020 census, down from 25,487 as of the 2010 census. Historically the state capital of Ohio, Zanesville anchors the Zanesville micropolitan statistical area (population 86,183), and is part of the greater Columbus-Marion-Zanesville combined statistical area. History Zanesville was named after Ebenezer Zane (1747–1811), who had blazed Zane's Trace, a pioneer trail from Wheeling, Virginia (now in West Virginia) to Maysville, Kentucky through present-day Ohio. In 1797, he remitted land as payment to his son-in-law, John McIntire (1759–1815), at the point where Zane's Trace met the Muskingum River. With the assistance of Zane, McIntire platted the town, opened an inn and ferry by 1799. In 1801, Zanesville was officially renamed, formerly Westbourne, the chosen name for the settlement by Zane. From 1810 to 1812, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
