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5-15 Birthplace of Catholicism in Northern Ohio

Side A: About a mile south in St. Paul’s Cemetery, the Reverend Father Edward J. Fenwick, “Pioneer Apostle of Ohio,” organized the first Catholic parish in northern Ohio. The first mass was celebrated in the log house of Daniel McCallister. A century and a half later the cabin was dismantled, moved here, rebuilt, and rededicated in May, 1967 as the Log Cabin Shrine of Dungannon.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: Columbiana County Historical Association, The Columbiana County Highway Department and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 11328 Gavers Road, 
Hanoverton, 
OH, 
44423
Location: St. Philip Neri Church
Latitude: 40.7356030
Longitude: -80.8840360