St. Augustine Church Interior
The current church was built to replace the Old St. Augustine Church which was completed in 1801. The original St Augustine housed the Liberty Bell's "Sister Bell". The church was burned down in the anti-Catholic Philadelphia Nativist Riots on May 8, 1844. The church sued the city of Philadelphia for not providing it with adequate protection. The money awarded to the church went to rebuilding the current church, which broke ground on May 27, 1847. -from Wikipedia
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