Bishop Noll dedicated the present St. Peter Church and its new convent, school, and remodeled rectory on October 12. 1930.

From 1850 to 1867, missions from Logansport visited Winamac until Father Henry Koenig came in 1867 as first resident pastor. By 1873, Bishop Joseph Dwenger assigned St. Peter to the care of Precious Blood Missionaries. At first the missionaries administered the parish with its community of priests, Brothers and Sisters. A frame convent and St. Peter Academy were erected. Then Father Christian Nigsch had Winamac’s second St. Peter built in 1883.

In 1883, the parish purchased the Missionaries’ properties and replaced the Academy with a parochial school. It undertook major rebuilding projects so that by 1927 a new convent replaced one destroyed be fire and the church’s cathedral stained-glass windows and some other buildings were repaired for the 1930 dedication. 

From 200 households in 1907 St. Peter’s grew to 260 by 1951. An electronic organ was acquired for the church during its 1970s renovation. When the church was redecorated in 1997-1998, the canvas portrait of Jesus coming on the clouds (1988) was replaced with a 12-foot Risen Christ cross.  

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1. 1. First Brick Block Building in Winamac
   2. Courthouse (1894-95)
      • Sculpture: The Teacher
      • Original Survey Marker
      • Time Capsules
      • War Memorials
   3. Vurpillat’s Opera House (1883)
   4. Winamac Freight Depot
   5. Panhandle Pathway
   6. St. Peter Catholic Church
   7. Location of First Frame House
   8. First United Methodist Church (1901)
   9. ISIS Theatre (1936)
   10. Pulaski County Public Library (a Carnegie library, 1916)
   11. Log Cabin Replica
   12. Artesian Well (1887)
   13. Memorial Swinging Bridge (1923)
   14. Winamac Town Park (former hunting and fishing ground of the Potawatomi)
   15. Park Pavilion (1891)
   16. Kelly Hardware (1898)

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