St. Mary's

The Episcopal Church first held services in Nebraska City in 1857, when St. Mary's Parish was officially organized and a building was erected on Kearney Hill. In 1858 it was incorporated within the Nebraska Territory. In 1860 it became the first Cathedral Church west of the Missouri under the Rt. Rev. Joseph Cruickshank Talbot. In 1866 the building was moved from Kearney Hill to its present location. In 1867 the church served as chapel to Talbot Hall, now Brownell-Talbot, Omaha, founded there by the Rt. Rev. Robert H. Clarkson. In 1892 the original church was enlarged to include the present transepts. In 1918 a first major reconstruction and additions extended the building to its present westerly limits. In 1960 the last major addition created the present chapel-rectory and added stone facing to the entire complex.

Nebraska City, Nebraska · United States