Second Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Missouri)

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Second Presbyterian Church
St Louis 2nd Presby PHS1035.jpg
Church on a 1907 postcard
Second Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Missouri) is located in Missouri
Second Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Missouri)
Location 4501 Westminster Pl., St. Louis, Missouri
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Area 9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1896 (1896)
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Romanesque architecture, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 75002140[1]
Added to NRHP September 11, 1975

Second Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 4501 Westminster Place in St. Louis, Missouri.

History

The congregation was founded in 1838 by the Old School Presbytery of St. Louis.[2] It has had three buildings. Its first building, designed in the Greek Revival architectural style and completed in 1840, was located at Fifth (Broadway) and Walnut Streets.[3] Thirty years later, in 1870, a second church building was erected on Lucas Place at Seventeenth Street.[3]

The third and current building was completed in 1896.[2] It was designed by German-born architect Theodore C. Link.[2] The adjacent education building was completed in 1931.[2]

Architectural signifiance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.[1]

References

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