Second Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Missouri)

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

Second Presbyterian Church
St. Louis Landmark
Church on a 1907 postcard
Location4501 Westminster Pl., St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38°38′51″N 90°15′20″W
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1896 (1896)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleRomanesque architecture, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.75002140[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 1975

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
Second Presbyterian Church in 2013

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

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Second Presbyterian Church St. Louis, Missouri". American Presbyterians. 68 (3): 206. Fall 1990. JSTOR 23332669.
  3. "History and Architecture". Second Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 15 May 2015.


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