Holy Rosary Church (Columbus, Ohio)

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Holy Rosary Church (Columbus, Ohio)
39°57′26″N82°57′17″W / 39.957155°N 82.954781°W / 39.957155; -82.954781
Address1667 East Main Street
Columbus, OH, 43205
Denomination Baptist
Previous denomination Catholic
History
Founded1 May 1905
Founder Francis William Howard
Dedicated2 February 1916
Other dedication18 September 1983
Architecture
Architect Harvey Hiestand
Style Lombard
Years built1913-1916
Groundbreaking 13 April 1913
Closed1 June 1979
Specifications
Nave length190 ft.
Nave width65 ft.
Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church Complex
Location1651 E. Main St. (rectory)
1667 E. Main St. (church)
498 Berkeley Rd. (high school)
1640 E. Mound St. (convent)
Area3.18 acres (1.29 ha)
NRHP reference No. SG100010473
Added to NRHP5 July 2024

Holy Rosary Church was a Catholic parish church of the Diocese of Columbus, located on the east side of the city of Columbus, between the neighborhoods of Franklin Park and Driving Park, that has served a Baptist congregation since 1983. The Catholic parish was founded in 1905, the current Northern Italian-Lombard building completed in 1916 with Renaissance Revival elements added to the interior in the 1950s. In 1979, it was merged into the neigboring congregation of St. John the Evangelist Church, which in turn was merged with St. Dominic Church in 2024. [1] The Holy Rosary campus was acquired by Rock of Faith Baptist Church in 1983, and plans for its redevelopment into an event center and housing were released in 2024. The campus is the site of a residence dating to the 1850s, which was used as a stop on the Underground Railroad. [2]

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The parish also operated a primary school from 1906 to 1983 and a high school from 1924 to 1966. The high school graduated over 2,700 students during its time of operation. [3] The campus, including church, rectory, high school building, and convent, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. [4]

History

Background and St. Vincent Quasi-Parish

The congregation that would become Holy Rosary initially met at St. Vincent Orphanage. St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum - DPLA - c0a28f3066575d39eb2e1f0b5f4498ee.jpg
The congregation that would become Holy Rosary initially met at St. Vincent Orphanage.

Following the founding of St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum by Bishop Sylvester Rosecrans in 1875, local Catholics in the area began to attend Mass and receive baptism in the orphanage chapel rather than travel the two or more miles to St. Joseph Cathedral, Saint Patrick or Holy Cross Church. Between 1875 and 1877, there are 18 recorded baptisms at St. Vincent and the majority of them were local residents rather than orphans living at St. Vincent. Most of these residents were of German descent and had settled west of Alum Creek. A freestanding chapel was constructed and completed by 1885, and hosted two Masses on Holy days of obligation and Sundays. By 1902 the quasi-parish had grown such that it was a burden to Fr. John Goldschmidt, the chaplain of St. Vincent orphanage and a building fund was begun at St. Vincent the following year. [5] Bishop Henry Moeller established the congregational boundaries as Broad Street to the north, the Franklin County line to the east, Livingston Avenue to the south, and Winner Avenue to the east. [6]

Founding

The 1906 combined church and school building, which was demolished in 1973. Holy Rosary Church (Columbus, Ohio) 01 -- 1906 Combined Church and School Cropped.jpg
The 1906 combined church and school building, which was demolished in 1973.

On May 1, 1905, Bishop James Hartley established Holy Rosary Parish and appointed Fr. Francis Howard as its first pastor, commissioning him to build a church and a school on plot of land on the corner of Main and Seymour streets that had been purchased for $7300. This property had an existing I-house on it that had been built around 1850 and had served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. [7] [2] [8] [4] [9] It had been owned by a William Armstrong prior to being sold to the church. [10] The congregation was founded to serve the growing suburbs on the Near East Side of the city of Columbus. [7] [11] Plans for a combined church and school building were drawn by Columbus architect David Riebel, and ground was broken on July 26, 1905. [12] [13] [14] The cornerstone was laid in front of a crowd of 5,000 on October 1, 1905 by Msgr. Francis Xavier Specht and on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25, the building was dedicated by Bishop Hartley. [15] [16] [17] [18] This building cost $40,000. [19] A parochial school served by the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, also known as the Stella Niagra Franciscans, was founded with 170 pupils on September 8, 1906. [13] [7] The first class of four children graduated from the grammar school on June 30, 1906. [20]

Current church

The interior of Holy Rosary upon its completion in 1916. Holy Rosary Church (Columbus, Ohio) Interior 1917.jpg
The interior of Holy Rosary upon its completion in 1916.

In 1910, discussion concerning the building of a new, purpose-built church began among parishoners, and Fr. Howard announced the beginning of work for this effort on New Year's Day of 1913. [21] Ground was broken for the building on April 13, 1913 but work did not begin until November of that year. [22] [23] The cornerstone of the church was laid by Hartley on May 24, 1914 and the roof and brickwork was completed by that November. [24] [25] [26] Harvey Heistand and Gordon & Kaelber were the architects for the building, which was designed in the Lombard architectural style and modeled partly after Santo Stefano, Bologna. [27] [28] The exterior is constructed of diaper-patterned brick accented with colored tile and topped with red tile roofing, with a campanile on the western side of the building. [27] [29] [30] The construction cost appriximately $70,000. [21] Fr. Howard would often inspect the work with opera glasses to ensure it was completed properly. [30] [5] The church was completed and consecrated on February 2, 1916 by Bishop Hartley and Mass began to be offered in the church regularly later that month. [13] The primary altar of the church was consecrated by Hartley on May 7 of the same year. [31] [32] Following the completion of the new church, the parish consisted of 260 families and 1200 people and the school had an enrollment of 240. [13] In 1923, Fr. Howard was named bishop of the Diocese of Covington and replaced by Fr. John Murphy. [33]

Holy Rosary High School, partition of St. Catharine and Christ the King

The Holy Rosary High School building in 2025. Holy Rosary Church (Columbus, Ohio) 09 Holy Rosary High School building.jpg
The Holy Rosary High School building in 2025.

Following a 1918 campaign to pay off the parish debt, a resulting surplus of money allowed for the establishment of a parochial high school which would serve most of the east side of Columbus, as none of the existing Catholic high schools (Sacred Heart for girls on the north side, St. Mary on the south side, and Holy Family on the west side) served this area. [34] The first class of freshmen entered in 1924 and were taught in extra space in the elementary school building. The parish purchased additional surrounding lots of land in 1921 and 1925, and broke ground on a dedicated high school building, again designed by Heistand, on November 4, 1926. The building, situated on the south side of the property was completed in 1927 and dedicated by Hartley on August 21. [3] [33] [35] In May of 1931, James Hartley partitioned the territory of Holy Rosary east of Alum Creek and north of Main Street and made into the new parish of St. Catharine, serving the suburbs of Bexley and Eastmoor. [33] [36] [37] By this time, Holy Rosary had over 700 students in the elementary and high school and 3,100 parishoners. Despite the split of the eastern territory of the parish, by 1944 the parish had over 800 students in its schools and 3,400 parishoners. [33] In January of 1946, Christ the King Parish was split off from Holy Rosary by Michael Ready, bounded by Alum Creek, Main Street, Refugee Road, and the Franklin County line, and serving the neighborhoods of Berwick, Reynoldsburg, and southern Bexley. [38] [33] [39]

Postwar expansion and decline

Fr. Bill Metzger of the Diocese of Columbus looks on as Holy Rosary's 1906 school building is demolished in 1973. Holy Rosary Church (Columbus, Ohio) -- 1906 School Demolition 1973 Frl Bill Metzger.jpg
Fr. Bill Metzger of the Diocese of Columbus looks on as Holy Rosary's 1906 school building is demolished in 1973.

A new altar arrangement for the sanctuary at Holy Rosary was introduced in September of 1952, with the addition of a baldachin and marble pillars in the Renaissance Revival style. [2] [33] [4] The Stella Niagra Franciscans teaching at both the elementary and high schools had resided at St. Vincent Orphanage since coming to the parish in 1906, walking the three blocks to the schools daily. In January 1950, Bp. Ready asked Fr. Harry Connolly, the pastor, to expore building a convent for the sisters on the grounds of the parish. Ground was broken two years later and the building was blessed by Hartley in January of 1953. [40] [33] In 1953, Holy Rosary High School was admitted to the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, being one of only four other diocesan secondary schools to gain this accreditation. [41] At the time of the parish's celebration of its golden jubilee in 1955 it had produced 22 priests and 43 religious sisters in its 50 years of existence. [42] [43] [44] In 1959, the parish also had the most seminarians of any parish in the diocese, with seven coming from Holy Rosary. [45] In 1963, enrollment at Holy Rosary High School had declined to 185 students, drawn from six different parochial schools. [46] Student numbers continued to decline and Holy Rosary High School graduated its last class in June of 1966. The elementary school moved into the high school facility the following year, and the original 1906 school building was demolished in 1973. [3] [47] In 1970, Holy Rosary Elementary merged with the schools of nearby St. John the Evangelist and St. Dominic Church to form John XXIII Elementary which served primarily a primarily African-American and Protestant student body. The Holy Rosary building housed grades 7 and 8. [48] [8] John XXIII School closed in 1983 due to budget deficits and the Holy Rosary school building was sold to Rock of Faith in 1991. [49] [4]

Merger into St. John and closure

Holy Rosary's membership had significantly declined following the construction of Interstate 70 through downtown Columbus, which cut off the southern portion of the parish territory and displaced over 100 families of the parish. White flight lead to neighborhoods being inhabited by mostly non-Catholic African-Americans, and deferred maintainence in the Holy Rosary building lead to Masses returning to being said at St. Vincent orphanage. [50] [4] In February of 1979, auxiliary bishop George Fulcher announced that Holy Rosary and St. John were being given particular attention during evaluations of possible mergers and closures of parishes in the central part of the city of Columbus. [51] In May of the same year, bishop Edward Herrmann approved the merger of Holy Rosary into neighboring St. John Church effective June 1, 1979, citing high maintainence costs and a Sunday Mass attendance of 75. The merged parish was known as the Community of Holy Rosary-St. John. [52]

Rock of Faith Baptist Church

The interior of Holy Rosary following renovations by Rock of Faith Baptist Church. Holy Rosary Church (Columbus, Ohio) -- Rock of Faith Baptist Church 1984.jpg
The interior of Holy Rosary following renovations by Rock of Faith Baptist Church.

The church building was sold to a Baptist congregation, Rock of Faith Baptist Church, in September of 1983. [53] Rock of Faith dedicated the new church on Sunday, September 18. [54] The church founded Diversified Community Services, a nonprofit corporation working in urban renewal and developing affordable housing, especially for people with developmental disabilities. [55] [56] DCS' techniques in operating halfway houses attracted some critiques, comparisons to boot camp, and allegations of civil rights violations. [57] Rock of Faith also hosted performanes of George Frideric Handel's Messiah in 1987 and a performance about the African-American experience of AIDS in 1989. [58] [59] In the 2010s the main church building fell into disrepair and the space was closed, and was designated as an endangered building by Columbus Landmarks in 2018. The high school building was similarly designated the prior year. [60] The former convent building was turned into apartments in 2019. [4] [61] [62] [63] In 2022, a real estate developer based in Hilliard purchased the property for $200,000 in an effort to revitalize the area, and invested $450,000 in maintaining the church building in hopes of redeveloping it into an event annd performance space, while keeping it open for religious use. [60] The church, rectory, high school, and convent were all listed on the National Register of Historic Places in July of 2024. [4] [64]

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  1. ↑ "Decree of Suppression for Holy Rosary and Saint John" (PDF). columbuscatholic.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-01-09. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
  2. 1 2 3 "Holy Rosary Church Campus – Columbus Landmarks" . Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  3. 1 2 3 Schlegel, Donald (May 2007). "A Survey of Catholic Secondary Education in Franklin County -- Holy Rosary High School, 1924-1966" (PDF). Barquilla de Santa Maria -- Journal of the Catholic Record Society of Columbus.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 United States Department of the Interior (2025-07-05). Holy Rosary Church Columbus Ohio NRHP.
  5. 1 2 Schlegel, Donald (September 2013). "St. Vincent and Holy Rosary Parishes, Columbus 1875-1979" (PDF). Barquilla de la Santa Maria -- Bulletin of the Catholic Record Society of Columbus.
  6. ↑ Mattingly, Herman (July 1987). "BOUNDARIES OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY PARISHES AS ESTABLISHED BY BISHOP MOELLER IN 1903" (PDF). Barquilla de la Santa Maria BULLETIN of the Catholic Record Society- Diocese of Columbus. ST. VINCENT'S CONGREGATION. Beginning at the Southeast corner of Broad and Winner Sts., East on south side of Broad St. and Broad Free Pike* to County Line; South along western [recte: eastern] County Line to Livingston Free Pike; West on north side of Livingston Free Pike and Livingston Ave. to Linwood Ave.; North on east side of Linwood Ave. to Oak St.; West on north side of Oak St. to Winner St.; North on east side of Winner St. to place of beginning.
  7. 1 2 3 Schlegel, Donald (February 2005). "Parish Histories of 1903 and 1907" (PDF). Barquilla de Santa Maria -- Journal of the Catholic Record Society of Columbus.
  8. 1 2 Arter, Bill (13 September 1970). "Columbus Vignette". The Columbus Dispatch .
  9. ↑ Darbee, Jeffrey T. (2008). The AIA guide to Columbus. Internet Archive. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press. ISBN   978-0-8214-1684-6.
  10. ↑ "To Clear Church's Title Attorney JM Howard and Judge JM Pugh filed suit In the common pleas court Wednesday morning on behalt of Lucy L. Taylor against the heirs of Willlam Armstrong. This suit Is brought for partition for the ultimate purpose of clearing the title of the land which is to be sold to the church of the Holy Rosary, and on which the school building and church are to be located. The property is located at Main and Seymour streets". The Columbus Dispatch . 15 June 1905.
  11. ↑ "Two New Parishes". The Catholic Columbian. 13 May 1905.
  12. ↑ "SCHOOL AND CHAPEL. Plans have been prepared by Architect D. Riebel, for Rev. Father S. W. Howard, of the Church of the Holy Rosary for the erectlon of a combination school and chapel at the corner of Main and Seymour streets". The Columbus Dispatch . 2 July 1905.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Catholic Church. Diocese of Columbus (Ohio) (1918). Diocese of Columbus : the history of fifty years, 1868-1918. Cornell University Library. Columbus, Ohio : [Diocese of Columbus].
  14. ↑ "Will Turn First Sod". The Catholic Columbian. 22 July 1905.
  15. ↑ "Holy Rosary Cornerstone Laying". The Catholic Columbian. 16 September 1905.
  16. ↑ "Cornerstone of New Holy Rosary Church Laid Last Sunday". The Catholic Columbian. 14 October 1905.
  17. ↑ "Holy Rosary Church". The Catholic Columbian. 24 March 1906.
  18. ↑ "Dedication Last Sunday". The Catholic Columbian. 31 March 1906.
  19. ↑ "Dream of Parish became reality in chutch school / Holy Rosary Church erects new edifice, one of the finest in Columbus". The Columbus Dispatch . 18 May 1916.
  20. ↑ "Holy Rosary School". The Catholic Columbian. 30 June 1906.
  21. 1 2 "Columbus Diocese -- Rev. Francis W. Howard, pastor of Holy Rosary". The Catholic Columbian. 3 January 1913.
  22. ↑ "Last Sunday afternoon after Vespers the children and a large number of the members of Holy Rosary congregation assembled on the church grounds to witness the "turning of tile first sod" for the new church". The Catholic Columbian. 18 April 1913.
  23. ↑ "Some preliminary work on the proposed new church for Holy Rosary parish is being done this fall that the work may be started in the spring when the plans shall be completed". 31 October 1913.
  24. ↑ "Rev. Francis W. Howard announced on last Sunday that the laying of the cornerstone of the new Holy Rosary church..." The Catholic Columbian. 8 May 1914.
  25. ↑ "Cornerstone Will be Laid Sunday, The laying of the cornerstone of the new Holy Rosary church, corner of Main street and Seymour avenue, will take place Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rt. Rev. Bishop will officiate and will also preach the sermon on this occasion". The Catholic Columbian. 22 May 1914.
  26. ↑ "New Holy Rosary Church. The beautiful new Holy Rosary church Is steadily nearing compleItion. The brick work is now finished, with the exception of the campanile, and the building is under roof". The Catholic Columbian. 27 November 1914.
  27. 1 2 "HANDSOME NEW HOLY ROSARY, BEING BUILT ON EAST MAIN ST.. COLUMBUS". The Catholic Columbian. 4 June 1915.
  28. ↑ "Gordon & Madden of Rochester, N.Y. are completing the plans for a $60,000 church bullding to be erected for the Holy Rosary Congregntion at Seymour and Main streets, of which Rev. Father Francis Howard is pastor. Bids will be asked soon, It is understood". The Columbus Dispatch . 13 April 1913.
  29. ↑ "Rejoicing at Holy Rosary Church". The Catholic Columbian. 12 May 1916.
  30. 1 2 Darbee, Jeff. "City Quotient: Holy Rosary's History". Columbus Monthly. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  31. ↑ "SANCTUARY AND MAIN ALTAR OF HOLY ROSARY CHURCH". The Catholic Columbian. 14 April 1916.
  32. ↑ "HOLY ROSARY CHURCH Consecration of Main Altar by Right Rev. Bishop Hartley". The Catholic Columbian. 28 April 1916.
  33. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Schlegel, Donald (October 2013). "St. Vincent and Holy Rosary Parishes, Columbus 1875-1979 part 2 of 3" (PDF). Bulletin of the Catholic Record Society of the Diocese of Columbus.
  34. ↑ "Parochial Schools to Open - Parochial Schools to Open. With an enrollment estimated at trom 6500 to 7000, Columbus' 20 Catholic parochial schools will re-open Tuesday. Eight o'clock mass will be celebrated in each Parish church for the school children. St Mary's school, South Third street, has the largest enrollment. There are approximately 20,000 children in the parish schools of the Columbus diocese, Including all of southeastern Ohlo. Four of the parish schools in Columbus have high schools this year. They are Holy Rosary, Holy Family: St. Mary's and Sacred Heart". The Columbus Dispatch . 6 September 1926.
  35. ↑ "New Holy Rosary High School". The Columbus Dispatch . 25 August 1927.
  36. ↑ "Ground for a temporary chapel and for the new St. Catharine parish in Bexley was broken Thursday, the feast of St. Catharine". The Columbus Dispatch . 2 May 1931.
  37. ↑ St. Catharine Church Columbus, Ohio (2004). June 2004 History St. Catharine Church Columbus Ohio.
  38. ↑ "OH_282_771_C554_S541f_007". digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
  39. ↑ "New Parish Set Up Just East of City". The Columbus Dispatch . 28 January 1946. Establishment of a new Catholic parish embracing all of Berwick, parts of Bexley and Reynoldsburg and some of the county, had been announced Monday by Bishop Michael J. Ready. Named Christ the King, the parish's pastor will be Rev. Fr. Leo R. Brehm, former director of charities for the diocese. Masses will be offered beginning next Sunday at 9 a. m. and 12 noon at the Bexley Elementary School, Main St and Montrose Av, until a permanent church can be erected. Comprising territory which had been part of the Holy Rosary par-ish, the new parish boundaries will be Main St on the north, Alum Creek on the west, Refugee Rd on the south and the county line on the east. Bishop Ready's announcement made in a letter to monsignor John J. Murphy, pastor of Holy Rosary Church. The new parish is the 27th in Columbus and is the second created within 15 years by the subdivision of Holy Rosary. St. Catherine's parish in Bexley formerly was a part of Holy Rosary. Father Brehm recently directed a diocesan campaign in e which 226,969 pounds of food were donated for war-stricken European countries.
  40. ↑ "New Holy Rosary Convent to be Blessed". The Catholic Times. 1953-01-09. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
  41. ↑ "North Central Association Admits Rosary". The Catholic Times. 1953-04-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
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  46. ↑ Mills, Sarah (20 September 1963). "Freshmen Don't Get Lonesome". The Columbus Dispatch .
  47. ↑ Columbus Citizen-Journal Archives (22 March 1973). "Father William Metzger watching the old Holy Rosary Elementary School, Columbus, being demolished. Photo dated March 22, 1973". Archived from the original on 11 November 2025.
  48. ↑ Buzby, Barbara (16 January 1972). "Pupils and Parishoners Learn Brotherhood at John XXIII School". The Columbus Dispatch .
  49. ↑ Gray Foster, Kathy (8 June 1983). "Pope John XXIII School will Close". The Columbus Dispatch .
  50. ↑ Daft, Betty (14 January 1979). "Holy Rosary Church is a Victim of Changing Times". The Columbus Dispatch .
  51. ↑ "Future of 6 Churches To Be Decided". The Columbus Dispatch . 3 February 1979. Decisions on the future of six central Columbus Catholic churches - whether they will be rehabilitated or closed or whether their congregations will be combined - can be expected in July or August, Auxiliary Bishop George A. Fulcher of the Columbus Catholic Diocese said Friday... THERE ARE 1,600 Roman Catholic families with more than 2.600 baptized Catholics living within the boundaries of the six parishes, Fulcher said. Immediate attention is being given to the conditions of buildings at Holy Rosary Church, 1651 E. Main St.; and St. John the Evangelist Church, 648 S. Ohio Are.: Fulcher stated. Other churches involved are St Dominic, 153 N. 20th St.; Holy Cross, 204 S. 5th St.: St. Patrick, 376 E. Naghten St.; and St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St.
  52. ↑ "Merger of Parishes OK'd". The Columbus Dispatch . 5 May 1979. Bishop Edward J. Herrmann of the Columbus Catholic Diocese has approved the merger of tro parishes effective June 1. Combining will be the congregations of Holy Rosary Church, 1651 E. Main St.. and St. John the Evangelist Church, 648 S. Ohio Ave. THE TWO parish councils proposed the merger because their memberships were too small to finance the maintenance of both church buildings. Holy Rosary has a Sunday attendance of 75 and St. John the Evangelist has 169. The merged congregation will be known as the Community of Holy Rosary and St. John the Evangelist and will hold services at St. John the Evangelist. The names of the church buildings will not be changed. THE ROOF will be repaired at Holy Rosary, the church will be boarded up and some of the furnishings will be sold.
  53. ↑ "CATHOLIC DIOCESE of Columbus has sold the former Columbus Holy Rosary Parish at 1651 E. Main St. The Rev. Michael Donovan, chancellor of the diocese, said the church and rectory have been sold to the Rock of Faith Baptist community led by the Rev. Robert Duckens". The Columbus Dispatch . 24 September 1983.
  54. ↑ "Rock of Faith Baptist Church, 1667 E. Main St. The church will hold dedication services for its new building at 5 p.m. Sunday". The Columbus Dispatch . 17 September 1983.
  55. ↑ Smith, Starita (27 May 1987). "NEAR EAST SIDE DEVELOPMENT PAVES WAY FOR NEW PROJECTS". The Columbus Dispatch . Diversified Community Properties is the for-profit arm of Diversified Community Services, a non-profit corporation set up by Rock of Faith Baptist Church, 1667 E. Main St.
  56. ↑ Smith, Starita (24 December 1986). "ROCKY ROAD TRAVELED BY CHURCH ATTEMPTING TO OPEN GROUP HOME". The Columbus Dispatch . The road to establishing a group home for mentally retarded adults has been a rocky one for Rock of Faith Baptist Church, 1667 E. Main St. However, last Friday the county Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities requested the state "make good" its conditional approval of the church's plans, said Cheryl Claypool, public information officer for the state Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
  57. ↑ Narciso, dean (30 December 2001). "EX-INMATES TOUGH IT OUT IN PROGRAM Halfway house's methods go too far, some say". The Columbus Dispatch .
  58. ↑ "The Rock ot Faith Baptist Church will present Handel's Messiah and a display of artwork by local artists on Dec. 27 at 5:15 p.m. The event, held at 1667 E Main St., is a black-tie affair". The Columbus Dispatch . 16 December 1987.
  59. ↑ "TROUPE INDUCES 'LABOUR'". The Columbus Dispatch . 29 January 1989. Living the Dream is fighting the disease with its own brand of educational theater. The black, non-profit theater group will present B.R.A.I.D.S. (Black Response to AIDS) at 4 p.m. today at the Rock of Faith Baptist Church, 1667 E. Main St. Admission is free. "It's like watching a soap opera," said James Chapman, project director. "We try to deal with a variety of issues in one play." In B.R.A.I.D.S., a girl named Tiffany is exposed to AIDS when she receives a blood transfusion after an accident. She is rejected by her boyfriend, who later tests positive.
  60. 1 2 Weiker, Jim. "Holy Rosary Church and school renovation key to plans on making East Main a 'diamond'". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
  61. ↑ Parcel ID: 010-062140-00 Map Routing: 010-I048-06000 ROSETTE ON MAIN LLC 498 BERKELEY RD Franklin County Auditor
  62. ↑ Weiker, Jim (29 August 2016). "FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR - For sale, cheap". The Columbus Dispatch . But the lineup also includes oddities, such as a 100-foot-long sliver of land between two homes in the Waterford Village subdivision of Dublin and a former Catholic Social Services shelter at 1640 E. Mound St., most recently owned by the Rock of Faith church. With a starting bid of $84,839, the former shelter is by far the most expensive property in the auction.
  63. ↑ City of Columbus (2019). Holy Rosary Convent Zoning Variance Columbus Ohio.
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