The history of the St. Augustine parish began with the immigration of Germans to the Northern Kentucky area in the 1840s, and cresting in the 1890s.

The German influx of immigrants to the area was attributable to economic hardship, religious persecution and the harsh treatment by the Prussian government.

In addition, advertising of attractive prices for pork played a large part in enticing the Germans to the Ohio River Valley of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati.

Construction began on the Euclid Avenue structure in 1913 under the direction of Father William Kathman and the church was dedicated by Bishop Camillus P. Macs on December 20, 1914.

[2] Construction of the existing school building, built of the same dark red brick as the church, began in 1915, and was completed in September 1916.