St. Mary's Catholic Church
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St. Mary's Catholic Church is one of the most iconic structures in McHenry. Originally known as the "German Church", the church onsite served the large German community that lived in McHenry in the mid to late 1800s. The community raised the money to have a more permanent structure which was built in 1893. Through the years the building has proudly stood even as a fire threatened to destroy it in 1919.