This cemetery has been destroyed. Per the book "The Columbus Catholic Cemetery History and Records 1846 -1874" by Donald M. Schlegel, ©1983, published by Columbus History Service, Columbus, Ohio, the first Catholic cemetery serving the Columbus, Ohio, area was on the southeast corner of Meadow Lane and the Alum Creek Road. Meadow Lane later became Washington Avenue, and Alum Creek Road became Mt. Vernon Avenue. The cemetery was 3.25 acres in extent, measuring 274 feet south from Alum Creek Road (Mt. Vernon Avenue) and 498 feet from Meadow Lane (Washington Avenue). Burials occurred for 2 or 3 years before the deed to the property was conveyed to a committee of Catholic men on 6 October 1846. Later, the property was transferred to John Purcell, the bishop of the Diocese of Cincinnati, on 11 September 1848, and then, upon creation of the Diocese of Columbus, to Bishop Rosecrans on 29 December 1868. At the end of 1887, Catholics were advised to remove their family and friends buried in the cemetery to the Mount Calvary Cemetery. Litigation ensued that was finally resolved by an Ohio Supreme Court decision on 18 December 1894 that held that Bishop Watterson, the then Bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, held title to the property and could dispose of it. By 1898, the land was a children's playground. In 1905, Saint Patrick's High School, which later became Aquinas College High School, was built on the site. Caskets and bones were unearthed during the construction. Subsequent excavations on the site have continued to unearth bones. Estimates are that there were at least 1700 burials in the cemetery. The majority of the graves were not moved prior to the repurposing of the property.