Centerville History Project

The activities that the students engaged in to obtain the information on these pages were:

Pictures and information from the Anoka County Historical Society were shared by Mrs. Capra.
Students interviewed citizens to find out what it was like to live in Centerville when they were children.
Students visited the St. Genevieve Cemetery and recorded information found there. They then returned to school and organized and shared the information.
Students took a walking tour of Centerville. All the recent photographs on these web pages were taken by the students with a digital camera. During the tour, they discussed what they had learned from the Historical Society and learned more from one of the citizens of Centerville that works at our school.

St. Genevieve of Paris Catholic Church

The first religious service held in town was conducted at the home of F. LaMotte in 1854 by Father Kaller. Soon after the first services were held, a small16 x 25 foot frame church was built, which was superseded by the present brick church in 1859. The parish now numbered about 400 and was named The Church of St. Genevieve of Paris. The primitive wooden structure was brought into service as a parsonage.