Sorry, we moved this TB to it's new home before we found the pic was out of focus. Here's the history of St. Caspar's Catholic Church in Wauseon, OH.
1850 Earliest parish records
1850s and 1860s Mass said monthly in homes by area priests; about 10 Catholic families in 1865
1872 Became mission to Edgerton; 1 1/2 lots were purchased at the corner of Clinton and Jefferson streets for $300
About 1873 Old Methodist church purchased and moved to the corner of Clinton and Jefferson streets; the $600 to renovate it was paid off the same year by 15 families
1875-1909 Archbold priests served the Wauseon mission
1888 Church extensively repaired
1895 Church completely destroyed by fire; Mass said in Town Hall; after fundraising (to which many Protestant families contributed) cornerstones for new church laid in August
1896 Mass said for the first time in new church in February; interior completed in August; dedicated in September by Bishop of Cleveland
1909 Became mission of Swanton; new location for cemetery purchased for $860; 49 bodies transferred
1913 Old parsonage purchased
1915 Pipe organ installed in church
1919 Received first pastor (on Thanksgiving Day); by 1921 a parish hall had been secured and church and parsonage improved
1923 Subscription of $6,000 taken up to build a new parsonage since old one had been sold
Late 1920s Church choir organized
1943 Congregation of 116 families (about 380 people); Father Louis Walter began longest pastorate in our history (16 years); during his pastorate, sanctuary enlarged and the basement renovated to include fellowship hall, two classrooms, and a kitchen; Father Walter also hired Notre Dame Sisters from Napoleon to teach elementary children once per week, which continued until 1973; house adjoining church was purchased and rented out
1953 Feather parties began
1959 First steps toward developing outreach program for migrants and settled-out migrants
1961 Congregation of 225 families; 650 people attended Sunday Masses
1963 Forty acres purchased at $700 per acre for new church
1965 Cornerstone laid in June for $450,000 church--of which $132,000 had been pledged
1966 Church dedicated December 18 by Bishop Rehring