About St. Mary's Catholic Church (Indianapolis, Indiana)
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St. Mary's Catholic Church (St. Marienkirche) is a Roman Catholic church in Indianapolis, Indiana. The German-speaking parish built their first church in 1858 to serve the city's growing German Catholic population. Services were initially conducted services in Latin and German and retained Old World traditions. The present church at the corner of New Jersey and Vermont streets was completed in 1912. Designed by architect Hermann J. Gaul in the late Gothic Revival style, it follows a cruciform plan modeled after the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.