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Historic Photographs
From the Parish Archive

Historic Photographs

The church, its sanctuary, and its adornment through the years.

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Across more than a century, the camera has caught St. Patrick’s in many lights — its exterior above the Pearl District, the sweep of its nave, and the painted and gilded beauty of its sanctuary.

The Church & School

The children of St. Patrick's School on the church steps, 1893
St. Patrick’s School, 1893
Side view of St. Patrick's Church with its dome, 1939
Side view of St. Patrick’s Church — 1939
Fr. E. P. Murphy with schoolchildren and the Sisters of Mercy, 1917
1917 — Fr. E. P. Murphy with schoolchildren and the newly arrived Sisters of Mercy

Interior & Adornment

The apse and high altar
The apse and high altar
The interior of St. Patrick's
The interior
A side altar
A side altar
A gilded Ionic capital
A gilded Ionic capital

Those Who Adorned It

James Philip Staehli
James Philip Staehli, the original mural painter

Albums from the Archdiocesan Archives

Bound collections of photographs preserved in the Archdiocese’s St. Patrick’s files — page through each album below.

St. Patrick’s, Portland — Photo Album I

St. Patrick’s, Portland — Photo Album II

St. Patrick’s, Portland — Photo Album III

School Graduates, c. 1930s–40s

The School & Rectory

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