This beautiful church in Newport, Rhode Island, is the church where John Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier got married in 1953.
Copyright John T. Hopf
St. Mary's Gothic Church was built by men who were buiding the fortifications at Fort Adams. A young lieutenant enginner (later became General Rosencrans) supervised both the Fort construction and the erection of the church.
Work on the church started August 7, 1848. It went slowly as the men had two jobs to complete. It was finally opened on July 25, 1852 and dedicated by Bishop O'Rilley under the poetic title of Holly Name of Mary, Our Lady of the Isle.
The detailed stained glass windows were made in Vienna.
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