Religions

From Taoist temples to Catholic Churches, Napa Valley immigrants brought with them their own religious practices. In the first two decade of historic mass immigrant, traveling circuit ministers tended to the spiritual needs of Napa’s congregations performing services wherever they could. In the 1850s with the growing population, congregations raised the funding to build churches, synagogues and temples with their own clergies. By the 1880s Napa Valley religious centers served Baptists, Catholics, Episcopalians, Jews, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians and Taoists.

Napa City and County Portfolio and Directory

German Evangelical Church

Date: ca. 1900

Illustrated Lecture at Presbyterian Church

Date: January 1, 1885

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Baptist Church

Date: ca. 1900

Methodist Church & Sunday School

Date: ca. 1900

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Jewish New Year

Date: September 27, 1862

Churches in Napa

Date: ca. 1900

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Young Men in Napa’s Chinatown

Date: ca. 1890

DeLucca Girl at Confirmation

Date: ca. 1910

Italian

 

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Chinese New Year Celebration in Napa

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St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

Date: ca. 1900

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Napa City and County Portfolio and Directory

German Lutheran Church

Date: ca. 1900

Rabbi David Radinsky

Date: ca. 1880

Jewish

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NCHS Photograph Collection

Rosa Lena Brennen Radinsky

Date: ca. 1910