c. 1906 - Altar and chancel (Polonia Trail website/Paul R. Marchesano)
c. 1906 - Building exterior (Polonia Trail website/Paul R. Marchesano)
1990s - Organ in rear gallery (Church Files/Eric Miller)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2025-03-11 - By 1895, an ongoing and at times violent struggle at St. Adalbert’s Roman Catholic Church had come to a head. A great number of the parishioners at the church were upset with Dean John Pitass, the man the Roman Catholic Bishop put in charge of the Polish parishes, installed an unpopular priest at St. Adalbert’s. This would prove to be the tipping point and in August of 1895, the first Mass of the parish was held in a field near the corners of Sobieski and Sycamore streets. The congregation chose the name Holy Mother of the Rosary for their parish, J. Przybysz was elected chairman of the church, while Father Klawlter became the first priest. The early years for the new parish were ones of growth. A combination church and school facility was built on the site of the first Mass and the second priest of the parish, Father Stephen Kaminski was elected Bishop at the Synod of Independent Parishes held in Buffalo. Starting in 1900, plans were laid out to build a proper cathedral for Holy Mother of the Rosary. It would take six years but the finished medina sandstone edifice was blessed by Bishop Kaminski on June 10, 1906 in front of 2,000 people. In time, the bishop would establish a cemetery for the church. -- from Polonia Trail, historical website -Paul R. Marchesano
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