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In the 1880s, the St. Joseph parish was founded as a result of the emergence of the Schildersbuurt and the growth of the Roman Catholic population there. The church was built in 1886-1888 to a design by EJ Margry (1841-1891), a pupil of PJH Cuypers, and was consecrated in 1888. The church and rectory were located on a large plot between the Van Limburg Stirumstraat and the Hoefkade near the current Hollands Spoor station from the same period. The building was one of the most important and largest works by architect Margry. According to various sources, this was his main work, both the size of the church and the height of the tower, as well as the rich detailing of the interior.

This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Built as a Syrian Orthodox church. Interesting, beautiful church building with a tower, with orthodox decoration inside (including icons).

Built as a Roman Catholic Church with the original name St. Joseph Church. Architecturally extremely important, beautiful work within the oeuvre of EJ Margry, especially because of the front facade with two non-identical towers of 72 m, but also because of many other details in the interior (see also descriptions below). Because of the devotion to Maria van Jesse, up to and including the present, in a side chapel to the left of the choir, this church has been officially called "Maria van Jesse Church" since about the beginning of the 1970s. Popularly, this church was, and is, called "Burgwal Church".

District Church of Rijpelberg and Brouwhuis, built in 1989

New small church (hall), replacing the church that was demolished in 2003. On the same spot there is now a church and 48 apartments. The new church was consecrated on Sunday 18 December 2005. The architect of the church, which now has 250 seats, is Frans van Leijsen.

Extremely important, beautiful, neo-Romanesque church building with tower.

The building was designed by HT Zwiers . Construction began in 1936 and was completed in 1938. At that time, it replaced the attic church that was still in use as a clandestine church in the eighteenth century . This clandestine church was located on an attic floor. In memory of this, and because of the limited surface area of ​​the building plot, Zwiers designed the church in such a way that the church space is now located on the first floor.

This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Parish, founded in 1917 by separation from the parish of Schipluiden. In 1916-1917 a simple three-aisled neo-Gothic cruciform hall church was built to a design by Nicolaas Molenaar (1850-1930) (blessed 1-4-1917). In 1922 the church was completed by building a front facade with tower (consecrated 19-5-1922). The church is one of the last works of Nicolaas Molenaar (1850-1930) and also one of the last neo-Gothic churches in the Netherlands. The interior is valuable. The communion bench dates from the construction period. The pulpit and the main altar were removed from the church later (around the 1960s).