St Joseph's Catholic Church

Foundation stone records: This stone was laid by - His Grace The Most Rev Dr Carr - Archbishop of Melbourne- July 21st 1907, in the presence of - The Most Rev Dr Reville, OSA - Bishop of Sandhurst - and Ven Archdeacon Davy VC, Pastor.

A history plaque records: St Joseph's Church - Built 1907~08 - Constructed to the 'Australian Romanesque' design of architecture firm Kempson and - Conolly. The church is architecturally important as an unusually large and ornate church - building for country Victoria. - This was the 2nd successive church built for the Benalla Roman Catholic Parish which was - established in 1876, after being serviced from Wangaratta since the 1850s. - After a major fire in the roof in 1989 the church building has been internally redesigned, - and later refurbished in 2006 - Erected in 2012 by Benalla & District Historical Society Inc...