Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (Lawrenceburg, Tennessee)

{{short description|Historic church in Tennessee, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

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| image = Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (Lawrenceburg, TN).JPG

| caption = Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, January 2015.

| location = Berger St., Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

| coordinates = {{coord|35|14|46|N|87|20|7|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Tennessee#USA

| built = 1887

| architect =

| architecture = Late Victorian

| added = October 10, 1984

| area = {{convert|3|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000802|title=German Catholic Churches and Cemeteries of Lawrence County TR}}

| refnum = 84000093{{NRISref|2009a}}

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Sacred Heart of Jesus Church is a historic Roman Catholic church on Berger Street in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

The church was founded in 1869-70 for German Catholics settling in the Lawrenceburg area. The land for the church was purchased by the Cincinnati Homestead Society. Father Henry Hueser was the first priest; initially services were held in his house. The first church building was a frame building completed in 1872. The church's present brick building was completed in 1887, at which time the earlier frame church was converted into a school.{{cite web|url=http://www.shlawrenceburg.org/history.htm|title=A Brief History of Our Parish & School |work=Sacred Heart Catholic Church |type=website |accessdate=June 26, 2014}} A new two-story school building was constructed in 1912, and stood for fifty years until it was replaced with a newer structure. A gymnasium was added to the school in 1990.{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.shslburg.com/our-history.html |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Sacred Heart School |language=en}}

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.