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Exterior of the original Church of St. Columba

The exterior of the original Church of St. Columba (St. Paul), ca. 1953.

Archbishop John Gregory Murray

John Gregory Murray (center), Archbishop of St. Paul, at the cornerstone dedication of the Church of St. Columba (St. Paul), February 1949. From New Church Dedication Book: A Retrospect of Thirty-Six Years, 1914–1950 (St. Paul: Church of St. Columba, [1950]), page 24.

Rev. Michael J. Casey

Rev. Michael J. Casey, date unknown. From New Church Dedication Book: A Retrospect of Thirty-Six Years, 1914–1950 (St. Paul: Church of St. Columba, [1950]), page 6.

Church of St. Columba under construction, 1949

Steel frame interior supports of the new Church of St. Columba (St. Paul) during its construction, 1949. From New Church Dedication Book: A Retrospect of Thirty-Six Years, 1914–1950 (St. Paul: Church of St. Columba, [1950]), page 6.

Interior of the original Church of St. Columba

Interior of the original Church of St. Columba, St. Paul, ca. 1920.

Church of St. Columba, St. Paul

Church of St. Columba, St. Paul. Photograph by Paul Nelson, June 30, 2017.

Church of St. Columba, St. Paul

The Church of St. Columba in St. Paul’s Hamline-Midway neighborhood is the only Minnesota work by the Chicago architect Francis Barry Byrne. Architectural historian and critic Larry Millett calls it “a high point of modern church architecture in the Twin Cities.”