Postcard of St. Augustine Catholic Church located on Sixth Street in Barberton, Ohio. This congregation, which began as a mission parish, predated Barberton's 1891 founding by several years. The first resident pastor was not assigned to the church until 1898, marking the official founding date of the parish. The church held its first Mass in its original structure August 28, 1891, the feast day of St. Augustine. This image depicts the third St. Augustine building, constructed in 1925 in the Italian Lombard-Romanesque architectural style.
