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St. Denis Church and Cemetery

Menlo Park, California
Historical Marker Database · Barry Swackhamer
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One half mile south of this site stood the first church in San Mateo County. It was dedicated in 1853 by Catholic Archbishop Joseph S. Alemany, who named it after St. Denis to honor the founder, Dennis Martin, a pioneer lumberman and farmer who also established a nearby cemetery. Worshipers knelt here until the 1870’s, when a church was erected in Menlo Park.
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Menlo Park, California · United States

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