Msgr. Thorpe, with the new expanded church finished, took a further step to enlarging the St. Patrick’s campus. In the late 1958, the parish purchased the property of William and Martha Code, north of the church on Rocky River Dr.; the site would be the home of the new convent for the nuns/teachers at St. Patrick’s School...

Throughout the 1870s, the community of Rockport and the Parish of St. Patrick’s grew continuously. The northeast area of Rockport became of the Village of Lakewood in 1889 and the Township of West Park branched off from the southeast area of Rockport.

St. Patrick’s recently celebrated its 175th anniversary. Very few things, especially in Cleveland, Ohio, have a history of 175 years, but St. Pat’s does. St. Pat’s has had a number of starts and stops and has several evolutions in its history. The following touches upon some of those stories of its history: