St Columbus Catholic Church

An Artistic Beauty In Design


St Columbus (St Columba) opened in 1895 and was located at 2340 W. Leigh Ave in the North Section of Philadelphia. St. Columbus closed its doors in 1993 but remains a Catholic Church under the current name of St. Martin de Porres. The pictures of this church cannot capture the true essence of its beauty. This is a church worth seeing in person.

Ann Marie Gallagher, youngest child of William and Anna Marie (McCaffery) Gallagher was the only one of five Gallagher children to be baptized here. (the other four were baptized at St John The Baptist Church) In 1942, the year of her birth, her family resided on 2722 Croskey Street and her father was an employee at Midvale Steel.