Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The church was founded in 1892 as Sacred Heart Parish in the Westside, a neighborhood with a large ethnic Polish population, after the Polish immigrant community petitioned Syracuse's bishop for a national parish of its own. The original church was located across the street from the current structure.
The first Mass in the new parish church was said on August 30, 1892, with the formal dedication taking place nearly a year later on June 11, 1893.
