What a beautiful house of worship St. Patricks would have been in it's years as the cathedral. In 1954, a major remodeling was undertaken which lowered the 'cathedral' ceiling considerably. I also believe this is when they altered the front facade by adding the covered stairway and garages. This 'Perkins' postcard in my collection is postmarked in June of 1909.

Following the 1979 demolition of the rectory and school, Corner Construction of Rapid City constructed the subterranean parish hall and the new rectory. During this time services were continued in the 1902 church.  Once the new construction was complete, services were held in the new parish hall while Jim Schopen (I believe) demolished the old church in the fall of 1981. In one photo, parishioners are seen leaving after the Saturday afternoon service which had been intereupted by the collapsing of the old church. Construction then started on the new church connecting it to the new portions of the building already complete. 
The little lady is my daughter Dena and is seen on the roof and in the roof truss helping her dad rescue an old electrical insulator in the lower left of the truss.

Lead City - 1887                Cropped from the original; taken from area of McClellan St.;  
unnamed photographer; W J Stone Collection, I own the original family heirloom.

#1 - future site of St. Patricks Cathedral
#2 - St. Patricks on Gold Street
#3 - Future site if Homestake Hospital (1889 - 1985)
#4 - Future site of Lead City Hall etc.  (1912 - present)
#5 - Oldest extant building on Lead's Main Street
#6 - Miners Union Hall and Opera House
#7 - Huffman/Uren/Stone home; 1884 or earlier to present
#8 - First dedicated Central School Building. (1881 - 2000)

                   LEAD - BLACK HILLS METROPOLIS
                                                           by J. E. Meddaugh
This wonderful 'Souvenir of LEAD' was published in 1892. It is full of these artistic collages.

The St. Patricks Centennial Plate (seen previously) indicates the first Siever St. church constructed in 1895, this shows it had to be at least 1892 or earlier as other references indicate 1890. This is the church that burned in 1900 and was constructed as seen on the plate in 1902.

The Episcopal Church seen here on the corner of Addie and Wall Streets was constructed in 1887. The home next door was the home of David Morgan and still stands today.  

The Public School was the original Central School on Wall Street.