Sacred Heart Church (Pomeroy, Ohio)

Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart as seen in an 1875 photograph.
Sacred Heart Church
39°01′45″N 82°02′12″W / 39.0292°N 82.0367°W / 39.0292; -82.0367
Address161 Mulberry Avenue
Pomeroy, Ohio, US
DenominationCatholic
Websitehttps://athenscatholic.org/sacred-heart-1
History
Founded1849
DedicatedNovember 5, 1899
Architecture
ArchitectFred Heer
StyleGothic
Construction cost$42,000
Specifications
Height157 feet
Administration
DioceseSteubenville

Sacred Heart Church is a Catholic parish church of the Diocese of Steubenville located in Pomeroy, Ohio, United States. The congregation was founded in 1849 and the current Gothic sandstone church constructed in 1899. It is the birthplace of the orphanage which eventually became the Pontifical College Josephinum, one of two pontifical colleges in the United States.