St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, St. Paul

Czech immigrants initially arrived in the area in 1856. Combining with several Polish families, they organized the parish of St. Stanislaus, which initially met with the Germans in Assumption Church. Occasionally Father Peter Maly would come from New Prague to hold services in Czech. In 1872 the congregation erected a small famous church in an unknown location (but likely near the current church).  Both Czech and Polish languages were used during services. In 1880, the Polish families departed to organize a new parish, St. Adalbert's. The St. Stanislaus congregation expanded its physical plant, erecting a brick Gothic church at the corner of South Western Avenue and Superior Street in 1886. The former church was converted into a school.  The Gothic church was destroyed by fire in 1934 and rebuilt in 1940. The first non-Czech priest began serving in 1975.  The congregation and this third building remain extant in 2015.