Holy Cross Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church is a historic church in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Built in 1914 by Lithuanian immigrants, the church has been a fixture in the community since then. The church has ornate Lithuanian folk art

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depicting religious symbolism and the life of Jesus Christ. An annual, popular fundraiser is the turtle soup and kugelis sale each November. Though turtle soup is not a traditional Lithuanian dish, it was made popular by the

Old North Dayton Old North Dayton is a neighbourhood northeast of downtown Dayton, between the Great Miami and Mad rivers. Its main routes are Troy, Brandt, Valley, Stanley, Leo and Chapel Streets. German immigrants were the first to settle in the neighbourhood, ...

Lithuanian community during World War II when other

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s were scarce. Designed by Jonas Mulokas, it was built in 1965 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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Official church website
Lithuanian-American history Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Roman Catholic churches completed in 1914 Roman Catholic churches in Dayton, Ohio Lithuanian-American culture in Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Ohio 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States {{Ohio-church-stub

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