Editing Uniontown, Washington (section)

===Saint Boniface Catholic Church===
[[File:St. Boniface Church, Uniontown.jpg|thumb|Saint Boniface Church, Convent & Rectory]]
The vast majority of the early settlers of Uniontown were primarily [[Swiss people|Swiss]] and [[Germans|German]] immigrants who practiced [[Roman Catholicism]]. The first Catholic Church in Uniontown was built out of wood in 1879, the same year that Uniontown was officially founded. Father Anton Joehren, the local Catholic priest, played a constructive role in the early history of Uniontown, although like founder Thomas Montgomery, Joehren’s difficult nature often led to disputes. In 1888, he began plans to construct a grand brick and stone church, but construction ceased in 1893 when a dispute arose between the priest and some parishioners, resulting in only a foundation being laid. Friction with Fr. Joehren also led to the [[Benedictines|Benedictine Sisters]] relocating from Uniontown to Colton in 1894 and ultimately establishing the [[St. Gertrude's Convent and Chapel|St. Gertrude Monastery]] in [[Cottonwood, Idaho|Cottonwood]], Idaho in 1906. Following Fr. Joehren's removal, a new priest oversaw the congregation's construction of the current church, [[St. Boniface Church, Convent and Rectory|St. Boniface Church]], which was completed in the spring of 1905, and consecrated in 1910, making it the first to be consecrated in the [[state of Washington]]. The church was designed by [[Herman Preusse]] and [[Julius Zittel]] and is built out of bricks in the [[Romanesque style]], with two towers flanking the façade, and a front gable topped by a seven-foot statue of the [[Blessed Mother]]. The church retains much of its original pre-Vatican II appearance, including original stained-glass windows, altar rails, numerous statues, five altars, and numerous frescos. The church has resisted all attempts and proposals to modernize the interior and has insisted on keeping it as is, the only allowed noticeable change being the installment of an altar to celebrate the [[Novus Ordo]] [[Versus Populum|facing the people]].