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Old St. Anthony's comes down, making way for a new church building
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It was 1973, and the parish of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Elmendorf was celebrating the building of a new church. The parish was established in Graytown in 1854, a mission of St. James Church, which later was named Our Lady of Guadalupe. St. Anthony flourished, eventually becoming the primary parish, with the neighboring churches being mission churches. A church for St. Anthony’s was built in 1896; later, a second church was built and dedicated in 1922. Construction of a new church began in 1973; as it was completed, the old church was demolished. Later, a new, higher roof and...