[1][2][3] The first iteration of the parish was chartered in 1897, and a church, rectory and school was constructed along 18th Street in Marysville, later incorporated into Louisville.

[4] Due to a rapidly increasing population in the working-class neighborhood, Louisville architect Frederick Erhart was hired to design a Romanesque Revival church that was dedicated in 1910.

[5] Population in the region contained to swell, so construction was completed on a new, three-level catholic school in 1923 along Standard Avenue.

[4] The school was expanded with a two-story addition in 1935, which included the completion of a smokestack and boiler, and two small, attached sheds.

As a result, the church property was affected and the building was relocated to face Standard Avenue in October.