National Register of Historic Places in Siskiyou County

National Register #78000792: Sawyers Bar Catholic Church in Sawyers Bar, California
Sawyers Bar Cemetary: 1812-1899 Sawyers Bar Cemetary: 1812-1899
Sawyers Bar Cemetary: 1954-2003 Sawyers Bar Cemetary: 1954-2003
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National Register #78000792
Sawyers Bar Catholic Church
Sawyers Bar Road
Sawyers Bar
Built 1855

In 1853, a Benedictine monk, Father Florian Schwenninger, came to Bestville to save the souls of the miners. In 1855, he persuaded some miners to build him a church. The resulting woodframe building looked exactly like all the other buildings in Bestville except for a six-foot wooden cross on the roof above the front - and only - door.

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