St. Joseph Catholic Church, Grand Junction, Colorado St. Joseph's Catholic Church 39.069016 -108.567603 230 North Third Street Grand Junction Colorado 81501 USA https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Joseph's+Catholic+Church/@39.0690035,-108.5697698,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87471c5fb0d Google Map link for St. Joseph Catholic Church, Grand Junction, Colorado The Grand Junction News first reported a Catholic mass in its June 16, 1883 edition. The Right Rev. Bishop Joseph Projectus Machebeuf, first Bishop of Denver, held Roman Catholic services at J.H. Repelyea's building on Colorado Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets. Masses were also held at McClure’s Hall before the construction of a church. The July 28, 1883 edition of the newspaper reported that Father R.T. Servant planned the construction of a two-room building for use as a school and a church. The church was built on land ceded by the city for the construction of a church at 3rd Street and White Avenue, a common practice for different faiths in Grand Junction. The February 9, 1884 edition of the newspaper reported that the church neared completion, and the original building’s cornerstone showed 1884 as the church’s date of construction. According to oral history interviewee Mary Corcoran, it was a small white church that sat on the approximate location of what was for many years the parsonage. One priest served the parishioners of Grand Junction, Fruita, and Palisade for several years. By 1907, Grand Junction’s Catholic community had grown to the point that St. Joseph’s needed a new building. Bishop Matz came to Grand Junction for the new church’s dedication on March 24, 1907. The new building location moved just slightly, to the corner of 3rd Street and White Avenue. This building remained the home of St. Joseph parish until lightning struck the steeple in the late 1980’s or early 1990’s. A new church was built near the same spot in the 1990’s. yes yes