St. Columban Catholic Church, Chillicothe

[2]: 18  They took charge of the parish and the next year, across Trenton Street from the Academy, built the present church, designed by Franciscan Brother Adrian Wewer.

In 1894 the church was expanded, adding an apse and two transepts containing large stained-glass windows made by George A. Misch and Brothers of Chicago.

[4]: 55 In 1895 St. Joseph church (left) was built just south of the railroad tracks on the east side of the highway, and the parish was divided at Jackson Street.

The side altars of the Sacred Heart and the Blessed Mother were original to the church and also made of white walnut.

The Catholic influence in the Chillicothe area was evidenced by the Franciscan's Historical Sketches of the parish (1905), which contained over 100 advertisements of one-quarter page or more.

In 1957 the St. Joseph Academy building was razed to make way for Bishop Hogan Elementary School (left), which currently enrolls around 140 students in preschool through 8th grade.

[3]The church building has a shrine-like atmosphere with 32 statues, 4 murals, 2 paintings, beautiful stained-glass windows, and stations of the cross.