In 1897, Immigrants in Ansonia from what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire established one of the first parishes of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States. The first St. Peter and St. Paul Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was constructed in 1897-1898 on May Street. In 1910, the congregation purchased land at 105 Clifton Avenue, where the current church was built in 1915-1916. Plans for the church were sent by an architect from Lviv, Halychyna and the architectural firm of Johnson and Burns of Hartford was selected to complete the blueprints. The church’s roof is covered in red tiles and the domes are clad in copper. A major restoration of the building took place in 1987-1989.
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church (1916)
My grandmother lived in Lviv before she immigrated to the United States. Interestingly, through research at the Ansonia Library, I learned that the boarder kept changing between Poland and Ukrainia. When my grandmother lived there prior to 1930 Lviv was part of Poland. I believe that in current times it is part of Ukrainia. My grandmother told me that Lviv is similar to New Haven, CT or any other large city. It is a place of many cultural amenities.