The inside and the outside of St. Mary in the 1950's
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1954 wedding of Ann Behm (granddaughter of Michael Obenauf) and William Steffenhagen

This is how it looked after Fr. Nabholtz and his sister had the interior completely painted over.

To compare it with the old interior
click on the communion railing.
aerial view 1956

It was about 10 years later that Sacred Heart church in Winnetka donated their marble altars, communion rail and baptismal font and the arches were redesigned.

Click on the altar above to see how the church looked after it was redecorated again by Fr. Burke.
Aerial view of St. Mary grounds
taken about 1956.