A History of Central Eastern Europe

Trenton’s Little-Known Slovak-American Community
As with the Hungarian people, T RENTON’S religious institutions represented its Slovak-American
population too. The nu mber is a reflection of the number of Slovak immigrants to the area. There
were 2 churches that specifically mentioned Slovak, 1 that appealed more broadly as Slavish and 1
that was Byzantine Catholic which every one seems to have known meant Slovak:
1. SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL (SLOVAK) ROM AN CATHOLIC CHU RCH, 1130 Brunswick
Avenue at Pine Street, extinct; Slovak service continued under same n ame at the Church of Saint
Ann, 1253 Lawrenceville Road in Lawrence Township; name continued as Saint Michael’s Hall,
pa rt of the Saint Ann property.
2. SAINT JOHN THE EVANGE LIST (SLOVAK) LUTHERAN CHURCH, founded 1908, at 111 Harding
Street; extant.
3. SAINT MARY’S GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH
founded 1889 at Malone and Grand Streets, extant,
aka SAINT MARY’S BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH and
CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY.
4. SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL (SLAVISH) ROMAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH founded 1899, at Second Street,
extinct. Building now houses Word to the World Ministries.
(Pictured right)
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