Saint Annes Catholic Church

Oldest Catholic Church in California near Columbia State Historic Park

South of Columbia State Historic Park is California's oldest Catholic Church. Although you can drive 1-2 minutes from the state park lot, I like the walk through a rustic nature path. Whether or not y...

Beautiful old church and cemetery

This is such a charming old church and we like to go to old cemeteries and this one has some folks from the 1800's buried there. Worth checking out.

Worth the Time to visit

As the oldest Catholic Church in California, St. Anne's is a site worth seeing. The Church sits on top of a hill and probably on some serious gold.

Oldest Church in California

St. Anne's Catholic Church is the oldest church in California. Open only during Christmas Day and for weddings.

Gold Country History

Oldest brick Catholic church in California. 1855 five prominent miners donated their rich claims on Kennebec Hill for the construction of St. Anne's Church. The architect John Wallace was a young surv...