St. Boniface Catholic Church – 1907  Vincent, KS

Pearl of the Prairies

Ebenezer Church – 1876   Clay County, KS

Falun Lutheran Church – 1887   Falun, KS

Holy Family Catholic Church – 1899  Odin, KS

Holy Cross Church – 1918  Pfeifer, KS

Construction started on the Church in 1915 and it was dedicated on May 3, 1918.  Known as the two-cent church, because families paid two cents for every bushel of wheat they produced to finance the construction.  They also donated their time for labor, quarrying and delivering the stone.

Coming into town from the north, the church’s gothic tower soars above the wheat fields.  The main tower is 165 feet tall, believed to be the tallest gothic spire in Kansas.

In 1993 the Catholic diocese dissolved the parish.  The parishioners started the Holy Cross Charities, Inc a non-profit organization to preserve the majestic church.  Donations can be mailed to:

Holy Cross Charities, Inc.  PO Box 5  Pfeifer, KS  67660

Back view of the church and school.

Holy Cross Cemetery

This area of Kansas was settled by  German speaking people from the Volga River area in southern Russia.  Iron crosses are part of their heritage.

St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church – 1880  Strong City, KS

Bazaar Methodist Church – 1909  Bazaar, KS

St. Mary’s Catholic Church – 1911  Ellis, KS

Romanesque style built of native limestone

St. Phillip’s Catholic Church – Hope, KS

Hebron Lutheran Church – 1884 Burdick, KS

Walnut Valley Presbyterian Chruch 1870 – North of Winfield, KS

United Methodist Church – Rock, KS

EV Lutheran Church – New Gottland, McPherson County, KS

Catharine, KS

In 1876 Volga German immigrants founded and settled Catharine, KS.  Located in Ellis County, it currently has a population of around 100.  All the streets in Catharine are named after Saints, St. Martin, St. Leo, St. John, St. Anton, St. Mary, St. Joseph, St. Francis, St. Adolphus, and St. Catherine.

St. Catherine Catholic Church – 1892