About St. Joseph's Church Olmstedville

Catholic immigrants from Ireland settled in the Olmstedville area in the early 1800's. They were first served by priests from Troy, NY, and later from Port Henry and Ticonderoga. The first church for the Catholic community was built in Irishtown in 1847. But within a few years, the Hamlet of Olmstedville outgrew Irishtown because of it's thriving tanning industry, and St. Joseph's Church was built there in 1871. 

The pastor at St. Joseph's served missions in Wells, Indian Lake and Schroon Lake at various times throughout it's history. The parish continued to have a resident pastor there until 1989. It was part of the Schroon Lake parish until 2014, when it became part of the parish of St. Mary's in Indian Lake, pastored by Father Philip Allen.