Then & Now: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

The best thing about our communities is our ability to take a peak back into the past and see the visual changes our forefathers made on our the places we live.

Occasionally, we here at Patch will dig up or find some older photographs, videos and more to share with the community to do a bit of time travel into what was and, now, what is.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church has long been a part of the Lindenhurst community for well over 100 years. The brick church located on South Wellwood Avenue today is, in fact, the third incarnation for OLPH.

Originally, the Roman Catholic Church was housed on South Eighth Street in a wooden church. The church became popular enough that it eventually was picked up and moved to Wellwood Avenue. With a growing parish, the current church was built to support a dedicated community. OLPH still owns the plot of land on South Eighth, which served as a cemetery for some time.