Our History
1896
Church Petition
1896
Eight local men petitioned Bishop Patrick Donahue to build a church on the outskirts of Wheeling.
1897
Construction Begins
1897
Church was dedicated with Reverend C.J. Cluser as Pastor. The parish was composed of twenty-eight families. Much of the labor that went into the construction of the church was performed by parishioners.
Bishop Donahue offered the first Mass
July 4th, 1897
1900
Marist Fathers were invited as parish staff.
1900
Inside of the old church decorated for Christmas in 1901.
1926
Land Aquired
Late 1920s
The parish was able to acquire a parcel of land on National Road.
1929
New School Built on that parcel of land
1929
1930
School Opened
January 14th, 1930
Sisters of the Divine Providence staffed the school until it was transferred over to lay control.
1930
Church Construction Complete
1930
St. Michael Church is considered to be one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese.
1950
Ground Broken for building of a new church
August, 1950
1982
Parish Transferred to Diocesan control
1982