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Saint Leonard Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Madison, in the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. Built in 1913, it has been described as "an outstanding example of the Romanesque Revival style of architecture."〔 St. Leonard's parish, named after Saint Leonard of Port Maurice, was organized in 1879. A wood frame church was built in 1881 on the outskirts of Madison, and moved into the city in 1898. In 1902, the basement of the current church was built, and the congregation moved into it, converting the old church to a school. When funds allowed, the basement was extended, and the current brick church completed in 1913. In 1989, the church, its 1912 rectory, and the rectory's garage were listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as the work of noted Nebraska architect Jacob M. Nachtigall. A pupil of Thomas Rogers Kimball, Nachtigall designed a number of Catholic churches and other buildings in the state, several of which are also listed in the National Register. ==History== The first white settlers to occupy the site of Madison were a party led by Henry Mitchell Barnes, who settled near the junction of Union and Taylor Creeks in 1867.〔〔 Growth of the new settlement was rapid; in particular, there was an influx of German families from Wisconsin.〔 The town of Madison was officially platted by Barnes in 1870 or 1871.〔 In 1875, it became the county seat of Madison County, and in 1876 it was incorporated.〔 The Union Pacific Railroad reached Madison in 1879;〔 by 1880, the town had a population of about 300.〔 The first Christian services held in Madison were Presbyterian, taking place in Barnes's and other homes. A Presbyterian congregation was organized in 1870,〔 and a church built in 1872.〔 A Methodist circuit encompassing Madison and Antelope Counties was organized in 1871; a parsonage was built in Madison ca. 1875, and a church begun in 1877.〔 A Lutheran congregation may have formed in Madison in about 1875,〔 although early records are incomplete; the congregation was initially served by the pastor of a Lutheran church in Green Garden Precinct, located about seven miles () southwest of Madison. It was formally organized in 1885, and a church built in Madison in 1887.〔〔 The first Catholic settlers in Madison County homesteaded near present-day Battle Creek, northwest of Madison, in the late 1860s. In 1874, they organized a parish; in 1874–75, they built St. Patrick's Church, the county's first Catholic church. In 1877, they wrote to Bishop James O'Connor of the Diocese of Omaha, asking that a priest be assigned to visit the church at intervals until a permanent priest could be assigned to the parish; in apparent response to this, Franciscan missionaries based in Columbus were given the responsibility of providing for Madison County.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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