As Snopes notes, no one knows exactly when the custom of using a St. Joseph statue to help sell a home became popular, but he seems to have reached widespread use in the U.S. around 1990, “with ...

NEW STATUE OF ST. JOSEPH TO ADORN LOCKPORT CHURCH By KAREN BRADY AND THOMAS J. PROHASKA Mar 14, 2004 Mar 14, 2004 0 ...

The 17-year-old statue toppled during last week's storms. The statue of St. Joseph, a 17-year fixture at the entrance to Monroe’s St. Joseph Cemetery, was destroyed by last week’s storms.

A statue of St. Joseph is displayed at the rear of the hospital. A sign on the statue’s base reads: “This statue of St. Joseph was removed from the old Nazareth Home in 1973.