Title

Assumption Church Centennial 1875 - 1975

Creation Date

1975

Description

2.5" diameter pinback button.  White with red text and blue image.  "Centennial 1875 - 1975 Assumption."  Upper half has the image of the church in 1887, and the lower half has the image of the new church built in 1954.  Assumption Catholic Church was founded by both Bloomington and Richfield families and was built in an area then called “Bloomfield,” which encompassed sections of both Bloomington and Richfield.  It was the first Catholic Church built in either city. When additional Catholic Churches were built in Bloomington, Bloomington Catholics who lived northeast of 86th Street and Hwy 35W attended Assumption Church and many of their children attended the parish school.