Second Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Missouri)

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

Second Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
St. Louis Landmark
Church on a 1907 postcard
Location	4501 Westminster Pl., St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38°38′51″N 90°15′20″W
Area	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1896
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Romanesque architecture, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	75002140[1]
Added to NRHP	September 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.