St. Adalbert Polish Catholic Church is a historic church at 1511 Valley Street in

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. On Sunday, April 30, 1905, St. Adalbert Church was dedicated by Archbishop

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. In 1954, parishioners build a new

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and

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at the church. In 1961, preparations began for the building of a new St. Adalbert's church. On

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, March 23, 1967, the first mass was held at the new church. It was dedicated on the Feast of St. Adalbert, April 23, 1967. In 2016, the old church building was sold by the

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and converted into a

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h for the neighboring

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