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39. Endangered?By What?

27. Other Surveys in Which Included

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44 Description 0/ Environment and Outbuildings The church is at the edge of an older residential area,across Sutter Avenue from an industrial area.

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Harris, NiNi, Lesacy of Lions, a History of University City, The ~-::-:=...~:..:...:::..::..:...;~ ...Historical Soclety of University Clty, 1981. .

Sutter Presbyterian Church, Fernridge School.On site inspection.

Agape Seventh Day Adventist ChurchSutter Avenue Presbyterian Church6502 Bartmer Avenue

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from the sidewalk, and the doorway is sheltered by an open, gabled canopysuspended from the wall by chains. Over the door is an arched transomwith opalescent stained glass; the doors are solid. Four flat-headeddouble basement windows are on the front and one on each side; the windowsare double-hung, 3-over-2. The two-story wing on the east side, perhapsbuilt in two stages, has six bays and a flat roof with a crenelatedparapet wall; the windows of the second floor and back three bays havetextured white glass, 3-over~2.

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HISTORIC II\JVENTORY ~-A'5-()2lD·r":~12" Prt!s.,nl Namets,

Bell efonta i ne United Methodist Church10E140403

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27. Other Surveys in Which IncludedHistoric American BuildingsSurvey, 1965.100 Hlstoric Buildings in St.Louis County, 1983.

38. Preservation Yes I i :l.

Underway? NoW e

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<:2 Furlt3r Descnpnon 01 Important FeaturesThe onginal bulldlng tsa one-s tory ~ /_/ lJ'

brick structure with a steep-pitched gable roof with parapets. Th ~ 2gable end on the front facade forms a pediment with dentil course ~ ~at the slopes and base, and a circular vent at the center. Brick Photo ~ ~pilasters define the bays on the front and side facades. The win- ./~ p:, ~dows are very tall and narrow, doubl e-hung, 16-over-16, and have./ ~ ~stone lintels and sills. ThE' double-leafed door is panelled, with .,/ ~the transom area filled in W;+h IA/"",.) (rnn+i,.,.,orl',/ :!1

43 Hlslory ond SI!lnllieanct! Methodists organized the Coldwater Circuit in 1806, including Bellefon­taine, Coldwater, Spanish Pond, Eden, Bridgeton and Bethel. All congregations but Belle- ....fontaine have since di sbanded , t·1eeting places were originally in homes. In 1848, a St. ~Louis ~1ethodist Conference was held and James Russell Bissell, son of General Daniel ~

Bissell, was persuaded to take charge of a Sundy school to be held (continued) ~n

44 Descnpllon of EnVironment and Outbuildings The church complex stands on an oak-shaded hill above theroad. The property is bounded on the south side by Belgrove Avenue, whi ch curves to thenorth behi nd the church. ThE! property drops off more steeply to the north. Behind thechurch is an area with a fe\'f tombstones, most datinq from the turn of the centurY,(contd)

45 Sources oj.lnlormallon 46. Prepared by J. Li ttl e.100 Historic Buildings in St. Louis County, 1983. E. Hamilton/~1. WebbEast-West Gateway Historic Buildings Survey, 1980. 47.0rganlzaliollHABS, 1965. ~.\liiLSi<:L...-co..u"'LJl1.lL£.pI;arr:k'1<-.51cBellefontaine United Methodist Church, A Heritage of Living Faith 48 Dale 49 ReVISIon Date(s)

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Bellefontai ne Uni ted ~Iethodi st Church,Bellefontain Methodist Church,10600 Bellefontaine Road

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A 1928 addition for educational use is to the rear of the building,designed in a simil ar style and materials. It includes a steeple. Lateradditions were butlt in 1954 (an educational bUilding) and 1964 (asanctuary). A courtyard formed by the buildings and a covered walkway wasenclosed in 1991 as an atri urn. Currently the primary entrance to the 01 dchapel is through two glazed doors under the second and fourth windows onthe south side open inq from the atrium. A three-step platform spans thefront of the spacE~ except for a handicap ramp on the right side. Thespace is furnished with moveable chairs and tables.

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in a school house on the property of Wilson Larimore. By 1852 or 153,increased attendance jus tifi ed the erecti on of a church buil ding for theBellefontaine area. James Russell Bissell donated eight acres on the eastside of Bellefontaine Road. In 1854 or '55 the entire congregation, withmany of their slaves, built the bUilding of brick made from clay on thesite. Architectural plans costing $10 were used. The total cost was$2,414.62. The original building, which now serves as a chapel, containeda gallery at its western end for slaves. The building had no basement andwas heated by two stoves. A cemetery was planned with the church, andburials took place here up until about 1926, although no cemetery recordsexist. Slaves and free Negroes were buried here on the outskirts of thegrounds.

In 1905, the slave galleries were closed and two small rooms created,opening into the auditorium proper through folding doors, A partialbasement was dug for a new hot air furnace. After World War I, the ruralarea began to be developed, followed by a surge of growth in the latethirties and another after World War II. In the early fifties the oldbuilding was restored and renovated and the slave gallery area convertedinto a choir loft. Acoustic tile was installed and new pews replaced oldwooden benches. A new educational building was built and the fellowshiphall enlarged in 1954-55, and in 1963-64 a new sactuary was built. P.John Hoener &Associates were the architects for both projects. An atriumwas created in 1991.

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but most of the area behind the old church is now paved over. Housessouth of the chur~h are pre-World War II, while those on the west side ofBellefontaine Road are post-war.

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RUYI:iI~'') No~ ElIglble'~ No II 27. Olher SurYeya in Which Included-IJ Pari 01 Estab Yell I I 14. OlstrlCI Yes I I 40. Visible "om Ves ~HISI Olsl.? No I I POlent'l? No I, Public Road? No 4

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". F."ner 0",,,.,,on o , Import••' F..,.,., This rectangular, one-story frame stru;~ 7 ....~ cclad in asbestos shingle, has a steep-pitched gable roof, gable end 0_-.....-=facing forward. The roof, of light green large diamond-shaped compos'tion r."'T\ -

shingles, is slightly flared at the eaves, where the bargeboards are Photo Ql ;:-'. ..

decoratively shaped. A small wooden cross sits on the peak of the robf /'~~ :.=< ~

near the front. A bell tower , its hipped and flared spire eioht-side~. ...... v

the upper section, is attached at a front corner of the building, ~ -projecting sl ightly. The doorwav Is ri'lisprl ~t-'vf.Wrll dene; r :»; ·.j..~nuerl )::0

<43 Hlsto,y and SI!I",hcanc~ The cr iq ins of Bethany Lutheran Church were in 1877 when Danish immi- ('[)

grants in Webster Groves established and built a small Scandanavian Lutheran Church on ~c

Lockwood near Gray. This congregation existed for about twenty years. In 1897, some of the ('[)

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members contacted the newly formed United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Synod and, with their rt

hel p, organi zed Bethany Lutheran Church. The charter members are listed as (continued) Ci>......Descnpuo» 01 Envlfonment and OutbUildings The old pa rsonage , s to the east of the church and now

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houses the church office and a rental apartment. A gravel pa r king lot i s behind the church...."'T\The neighborhood, in the Tuxedo Park subdivision, is entirely residential, of roughly the Ql-'.

same period as the church. Train tracks run along the west side of Gl enAvenue, (continued) ~

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Kasch, Evelyn and Dorothy, )\ Hi story of Bethany Lutheran Church, St. Louis Countv Parks "Uunpublished paper, 1972, and amended, November 10, 1991, by 48. Date r9 AeYlslon Dale(s\ Ql

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Bethany Lutheran Church407 Fairview Avenue at Glen; Fairview at Pacific

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entered from a small concrete porch, and sheltered by a gable-roofedcanopy supported by brackets. A 1904 photograph shows a shed-roofedcanopy; the brackets appear to be original. The double doors aredecoratively paneled and have round-arched windows in the upperportions. A triple clerestory window is above the entry, withopalescent stained glass in the three tall round-arched openings, thecenter one of whi ch is taller. A ci rcul ar vent is above the wi ndow inthe gable. Three smaller windows in the facade, and two others in thebell tower, haVE! segmental arched heads. The belfry windows are pairedround-arched opE!nings set within larger round-arched frames. The sidewindows are tall and rectangular. The concrete block foundation isscored to simulclte stone.

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Abel Nielsen Winthers, Anders Petersen, Jens Anderson, H. C. Anderson,Jens Nissen, Hans Bock, Peter Hansen, L. P. Hansen, Hans Hansen andJacob Braroe. J,. K. Jensen was the first pastor.

The church's second pastor, Niels Bentsen, whose service began in 1899,led the church to the construction of a new building in 1904. Afterpurchase of a lot by the Ladies Aid Society, the plans were drawn by P.Petersen, and the men of the congregation did most of the constructionwork.

A Danish artist l B. Hellig, who had come for the St. Lous Worlds· Fairand was housed t~ Reverend Bentsen, created the painting over the altarin exchange for his room and board. The Young People's Society paid $40to Rev. Bentsen for Mr. Hellig's stay and $25 to Mr. Hellig formaterials for the painting which depicts Jesus at Bethany in the home ofhis friends, Mary and Martha. The art glass windows were installed inthe thirties in memory of various founders of the congregation.

Worship services were held in Danish until 1926 when English was alsoused. After 192:0, all services were in Englsih. Most members of thecongregati on were of Dani sh descent unti 1 1960, when Bethany became partof the American Lutheran Church. Danish members eventually became theminority but some of their traditions continued.

In 1988, the American Luthern Chruch, the Evangelical Lutheran Church inAmeri ca, and the Lutheran Church of Ameri ca merged into the newEvangelical Lutheran Church in America. Bethany is now a part of theCentral States ~~nod of the ELCA.

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Bethany Lutheran Church407 Fairview Avenue at Glen; Fairview at Pacific

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and the newly renovated Tuxedo Park Station is one block to the north.

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"Bethany Lutheran, A Church with a Proud Danish Heritage," undatedone-page history of the church, apparently based on Kasch, opp. cit.

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'-2 Further Description 01 Important Features The church 1s preceded by a gaol ed ~ ./vestibule with double doors, while a newer two-story wing is con- /nected to the church on the east side at the rear. The vestibulehas a large arched toplight, now closed, over paneled double doors. Ph t

A single door is on the west side. The main church has tall lancet ./' 0"windows in front and shorter ones at the second-floor level on the // ~sides. The first-floor windows are six-over-six and have surrounds // '~

--WittLpedimented moldings. The central tower has one rectanaular (c!M1td) "<,43 History and S,qntllcance Bethel ~'€!thodist Church was organized in 1858 on Wild Horse Creek Road

considerably west of here. The rock bUilding at 25000 Wild Horse Creek Road was built thenext year, but the land there was never acquired by the church. This site was acquired in1873. Much of the labor and material for this building was contributed by the congregatiorand by the St. Louis Marble Company, the previous owner of the site. The building (contd)

44 De scnpuon at Environrnent and Outbuldings The new wing has five wide bays and two connecting baysset farther back. The large paired windows have enameled panels in the spandrels and largeunbroken brick expanses between. The center panel has a large attached cross. The parso­nage built in 1955 stands facing the church northwest of it. It is a one-story ranch (cont )

5 Sources ot.Jntorrnauon

Chylene Jahn Daub, Golden Anniversary of Ellisville (1983) pp.218-222\\alter Scharf History of St. Louis City and County (1883), p.1931.

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stage above the roof level and a metal-clad spire topped by a cross. Thebargeboards are E~laborately scalloped on both main church and vestibule.

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was dedicated in April of 1875. The ground floor was used for a SundaySchool. The buf l di nq was enlarged in 1953, dur i nq the first decade inwhich the church enjoyed a substantial growth in membership. Apparentlythe southernmost bay was added at that time. In the early 1960's the neweducation building was constructed.

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s tyl e structure. Behi nd the church is a 1arge cemetery begun in August,1873, with the burial of William Atwell.

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T HE history of Bethel United Methodist Churchcontinues far beyond the little rock church,

one time called "Rock Bethel."In 1872, the church members began to consider

building a new church, and a building committeewas appointed. Then the following year, the St.Louis Marble Company donated two acres of landon Manchester Road for this purpose. The land waspart of the Old Tippett place. The church ac­cepted the donation and negotiated with St. LouisMarble to purchase an additional strip of land fora cemetery.

The original quit claim deed, dated May 19,1873, bequeaths the land to the "Bethel SocietyMethodist Episcopal Church South."

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The building committee decided against a brickchurch, but wanted a frame building with a base­ment for the Sunday School. Committee membersagreed to furnish all the sand and rock for thebuilding, and hauling of materials also was largelydonated. Stained glass was used in the windows.The St. Louis Marble Company donated a marbleslab for the front of the church, and when thesteeple that had been built on the ground wasready to be hoisted into place, the marble com­pany furnished a crane for this purpose.

Dedication of the new church building was heldin April of 1875, with the presiding elder Dr.McAnally, assisted by Dr. Godbey, now presidingelder of the Salem District.

Bethel Church grew slowly. In 1925, at thechurch's golden anniversary, there were still only48 members. But they were devoted, and kept theSunday School program strong while their preachercontinued to serve a circuit and did not preachevery Sunday.

At the time of the church's 75th diamond anni­versary, the membership had grown to 190. Thiswas 1950, and with the 50's the growth reallyoccurred. In 1953 an addition was completed onthe church, increasing the size of the sanctuaryand choir, and also more kitchen, dining room,and church school space.

A new parsonage was built in 1955, and a neworgan was acquired in 1957. By 1960, member­ship was up to more than 300.

In the early 60's a new education building wasbuilt on the east side of the sanctuary, which in­cludes a fellowship hall.

The cemetery of Bethel Methodist Church bearsthe names of the early pioneer families of the 'VestCounty area. The first person buried in the ceme­tery was William Atwell in August, 1873.

In 1975, when Bethel was 100 years old, thechurch's history was recorded by the ReverendJohn O. Gooch. It is Reverend Gooch's historythat has been followed for this article.

Pastor of Bethel United Methodist in 1983 isthe Reverend Mike Keith.

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T HE early cemeteries of Ellisville were few innumber. St. John's Lutheran Church had a

small cemetery near where the old Alt Schoolnow stands. Today the church cemetery is a large,well-maintained park that is located on the south­west portion of the church property.

Bethel Methodist Church has another large ceme­tery with graves of some of the earliest settlersof the communities west of Ellisville. There is asection of this cemetery that is the location ofseveral slave gravesites. These are unmarked, butthe church hopes to place a plaque here in memoryof these people.

There were two familv cemeteries near Ellisville,those of the Stuart Family and the Doss Family.Several other small family cemeteries were locatedin the hills of West County.

At La Salle Institute there is a cemetery that con­tains the graves of 300 Christian Brothers whoserved in the midwest. There was, at one time, asmall Catholic cemetery in Glencoe near the postoffice.

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.e2 Furlher Descnpuon 01 Imporlanl Feal~lr.s Thl S stmpl e rectangular structure 1s '~/ <-

constructed of cinder block with concrete faci ng formed to resembl e ~ ~

rough-cut stone; it is painted white. The roof is a medium-pitched ~ r.gabl e with compos ition shi ngl es. An area in the peak of the gable on Photo tfthe front of the buil di ng is faced with asbestos siding, and has a ./~~diamond-.shaped vent. The enclosed front porch is constructed of the V· ~same materials and has the same roof shape; it is raised several ~

steps from grade. The front nMrc; rlr~ sniid and oainted (r.ontimJ~d 343 History ana SI!lnlllC.nc~ Blackwell Chapel was founded by the Rev. J. B. Bunch in 1884 as the A.l1.E. ~

Zion Mission Church. Members worshipped in a little store-front church on Gore and Moody ~

Avenues. Bishop G. L. Blackwell took over and in 1889 the members voted to name the church ;Blackwell Chapel A.M.E. Zion. Ground was later purchased on Shady Avenue (now Kirkham) anda building constructed in 1891 near First Baptist Church. This building has (continued)

~~ Descnpuon ot Envlfonment and Outbuildings The church is in a residential area, just up a steep hillfrom Kirkham Avenue, a thoroughfare which was once the route of the Kirkwood-FergusonStreetcar Line.

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Blackwell Chapel, A.M.E. Zion Church511 North Elm Avenue

42. continued

Window openings are of tall proportions, with flat heads and 1-over-1double-hung windows with opalescent stained glass, and wood sills. Thesite is sloped, exposing basement windows on the south side. A smallframe room, clad in clapboard, is on the rear, and a frame house withasbestos siding ._- apparently belonging to the church -- is at the rear ofthe lot. A cornerstone on the northeast corner of the building reads"Blackwell Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Founnded 1884-1917, Rev. C. F.Collins, Pastor."

The use of shaped concrete block relates the church to a small group ofinnovative houses in the Central West End of St. Louis that were built inthe previous decade. They are listed on the National Register asGoodfellow/Julian and Oakherst Place

43. continued

been demolished. Services were held here for thirty years. Constructionof the present building was begun in September of 1916. The church has ablack congregation and is located in an historically black neighborhood innorth Webster.

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Office of Historic Preservation. P.O. Box 176. JeffersonCitv. Missouri 65101

HISTORIC INVENTORY SlrA<:>()Zf.e C00()~'

'2 County

St I ou i s3 t ocauon 01 Neyid'YllS

Roll 1. 16A - 17

1 No 4 Pres.,"1 NamelS'

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full30. Foundallon Malerial

c+nno

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3D etc)

21. Ongina' Use. II apparenl

tJ~A22 Present Use

16 Thema"tCalegory

D-~ I :3?.;;;17 Datals) or Pllriod

,t~rl 1q1 q-192618 Style or De:>.gn

.b ...nho+h:>n 54· T2..19. Archltecl or Engineer

01 iver J. PODDContraclor or Builder

" Rural. TownShIp & Vic:inlty

Lots 30-32, Block 2Zephyr Hill s SO

1 City ur Town

6 Specll,c locallon

Map] ewoodIi Site Ptan wl1ll Norlll Arrow

23 Ownership Public I I

Private 1)0(

15 Naill 01 Eslabllshed District

40 Visible IromPublic Road?

Yes ')0( I~No I, I n

41. Distance Irom and ~Fronlilge on Road ......

/218 X 186 ~

37. CondilionInterior gOOd C

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good......

Exteuor rl"

38. Preservation Yes r : 0-

Underway? No ~ n

39. Endangered? Yes I I

~By What? No ~::::r

24. Owner's Name & Address.it known Christ ChurchUnited Church of Christ2308 Bellevue, Maplewood MO

27. Olher Surveys in Which Included

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Y,as I ,tlo I I

12. Is IIEligIble?

14. Drstric!Potent't?

UTM!I Coounnaresliltlon!J

10

~2 Furlt sr Descripllon 01 Important Features A t 1ree-story square De I I tower oonn-~ ./ U\

nates the exterior of this red brick Jacobethan style structure; / 9 Qthe ftrst story, eleven steps up from grade, features the main J. ~

entrance, with an arched, cut-stone surround, double doors with . Vl zarched windows, and a three-par-t transom window with stained gla s ; ./hOI.~O : ~two double-hung windows are on the side of this story, both / < v;under a cut stone label; the second story has tri pl e wi ndows -- ,/ ~ ~casements with stained glac:c:; -- nn twn c:irlec: (rontinlled) / ro ~

43 HISlOry ilnd S'nntllcance Christ Eva ngel ical Church was founded in 1888 or 1890. The primarily =: mnco

German congregation built a frame church at 7121 Manchester Road, west of McCausland in ~ ~

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St. Louis (now Shining Liqht Tabernacle in 1891. Services were given in German until :::l

about 1917. The present church was begun in 1919, Oliver J. Popp (1871-1952), architect 9°,+- c)::oobut not completed until about 1926, the congregation meeting fora period tnthe basement, ~<

( __ . .:,., ,,,,.II n ro44 Descripuon of Environment and Outbuildings Th . .d t i 1 1 h h B11· d ::::r ~e area 1S reS1 en 1a a t oug e evue 1S a secon ary ro

artery with a fair amount of traffic. On the south side of the building is a parking ~

lot. ~00

45 Sources o.I.lnlormallon

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ~1ay 8,1970, article on installationof new cross.

Interview with the mi ni ster , February 25, 1992.(continued)

46. Prepared by

Judv Littl e47. Organization

St. Loui s Countv Parks~/ ~;te 149 ReVISIon Date(s)

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Christ Church United Church of ChristChrist Evangelical Church7126 Bruno Avenue/2308 Bellevue Avenue

42. continued

with cut stone labels and sills; on the third level are arched, louveredopenings for the bells, above which are a cornice and crenelatedstone-capped parapet wall; stone capped brick buttresses are at thecorners. The main body of the building features a cross gable roof withstone-capped parapet walls. The north, west and south facades have largeGothic arched stained glass window protected from the outside with plasticpanels. A second entrance to the building is at the north corner of thewest (principal) facade. The plan of the sanctuary has been called a"modified Akron p1an," with pews arranged in a semi-circle and spacearound the periphery which in some examples may be closed off for SundaySchool use during the service. This plan is common to churches of thisdenomination. The newer flat-roofed educational wing on the rear of thebuilding is of br-ick similar to that of the original building.

43. continued

Among Popp's work were many apartment buildings and residences inUniversity City. Nine builders were members of the church, eight of whomsubcontracted on the job. Christ Evangelical Church became Christ ChurchUnited Church of Christ in the late fifties when the United Church ofChrist was formed through the merger of the Congregational and Evangelicaland Reformed denominations.

In 1970, a cross desi gned by the mi nister, Rev. Gary Scheuer, wasinstalled in the chancel. It was carved by the church members. The topfour panels depict the four Gospels. The bottom panel shows Christsuspended over the St. Louis skyline, inclUding the Gateway Arch. St.Louis artist Roscoe Misse1horn made a sketch of the exterior.

45. continued

Telephone interview with Jerry Hanewink1e, February 1992.

On site inspection.

8/5695GApr. 1992

Office of Historic Preservation. P.O. Box 176. Jefferson·Citv. Missouri 65101

HISTORIC INVENTORY 'Sl-AS-r<Z<D'·C6-'

1 City ut Town II Rur~l. TownshIp & ViC:Il11ty

Webster GrovesIi Sale Pliln with Norlh Arrow

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63119YU'ItJNo II

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27. 01her Surveys in Which Included

"es I INo II

12.ls IIElIglble'~

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Start, Clarissa, Webster Groves, City of Webster Groves, 1975. Judy Little ro"Christ the King Covenant Church," booklet by pastor Michael Peters ,1-4"::'7 -:. ~O~rg::"a~","':;za:":I~,o::':I\:..:..:::-------tE

undated. St tOL is fnlJntv Prlrltc: roInterv i ew with Ann ~1orri s , December 3, 1991. 48. Dale 4!) ReVISIon Dale(51

12/91

Christ the King Covenant Church; Tuxedo Christian Chapel;Webster Groves Christian Chruch; Church of the Lutheran Confession;Chinese Gospel Church,700 Tuxedo Boulevard; 644 Bompart Avenue

42. continued

and side panels, all with windows in the upper portions; large windows onthe sides of the porch have sixteen panes and finished stone sills; theporch roof is a gable. Tall double-hung windows with stained glass flankthe porch. On the north si de there are three rectangul ar wi ndows wi thstained glass and heavy rough-cut stone lintels. Above it is a gable-roofeddormer which includes five rectangular stained glass windows. Basementwindows are in window wells partially below grade. A cornerstone is presentbut the inscription has been ground off. A wing attached to the roundedsection has stone walls as well as some areas clad in aluminum clapboardsiding; it has a mansard roof. An old-fashioned sloping cellar door and anopen carport of modern construction are on the east side.

43. continued

Volunteer ministers were used. In 1894, the congregation erected a buildingwhich still stands at 667 Atalanta.

In 1895 the congregation's members divided into two groups and organized theTuxedo Park Methodist Episcopal Church and the Tuxedo Christian Chapel. TheSunday School remained non-denominational but a vote of the twodenominations gave the building to the Methodists.

Tuxedo Christian Chapel was given ground for a new building by W. S. Hull inwhose house meetings were held for a period. In 1908 the group finished itssanctuary at a cost of $4,500, at the corner of Tuxedo and Bompart. Aninteresting observation is that the new building has a gambrel, or barn-likeroof, perhaps recalling the early meetings in a barn. The church was latercalled Webster Groves Christian Church. It was the only Disciples of Christchurch in the Webster area. The minister from 1939 to 1975 was the Rev. Dr.Raymond F. McCallister under whose leadership the membership wassubstantially enlarged, leading to a move from this building in 1954 to anew building on Lockwood at a corner of Westborough Country Club's golfcourse.

The old Webster (Iroves Christian Church building was later occupied by theChurch of the Lutheran Confession and.then was sold to the Chinese GospelChurch. In 1988 1 the building was purchased for $150,000 by the newlyformed Christ the! King Covenant Church. Christ the King had been organizedin 1985 by a grollp of families mostly from South County and Webster Groves.Michael Peters and his wife Linda were leaders in this group which becameaffiliated with Covenant Ministries International, an organization based inEngland with churches in Europe, Africa, Asia and the United States; thereare currently 20 churches in the United States. After meeting in variousrental spaces, the congregation moved to this building in December of 1988.

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COLD WATER CEMETERY

FACT SHEET

Cold Water Cemete:-y :ls located in North Saint ~uis Coun.ty - 1 1/4·miles ~ of Lind'oeJ:,gh Boulevard on Old Halle F~,,"r.., Road ..

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Historic Cold \"late:- eemetery is considered to be the oldest Protest­ant cemetery still in use west of the M:!.ssisa:lppi River. It: wasfirst known as the Patterson burial grou.'"'1d" la'~eX' as the Patterson­Hume, and finally as Cold Water. The first known burial is that ofKeziah Hornaday Patt4:!rson, first wife of Joml :ea~terson" Sr." Rev-olutionary soldier" :Ln 1809. .

The Reverend John Clark, first Protestant min1!Ster to preach west otthe Mississippi is ~xried here, along witn El~d~a and Lucy Pattersonin whose camn home he tounded the first 1\1etnoc:;.r:t Society in MissouriTerritor! ..

On this quiet wooded hill are buried soldiers who fought 1n theAmerican Revolution, War of 1812" Mexican War.. War Between the States,Spanish-American War and World War t end World War II.

On November 3, 1963, t~~ cemetery was officially given to the Miss­ouri State Sooiety, :OSughters ot the American RevoJ.ution. Inaccepting this unuswal gift, the MSSDAR ansumed the responsibilities ot ~

of its future maintelrlance and of bringing to it the reoognition itdeserves in the hist,:>ry of America I s westward expansion.

Lots are available t,or sale at $250.00 each .or $225.00 each 1n lotsot two ot' more.

Restoration, pres9:M';ation nnd beautificat1C\!) has been oompleted as

I a BiCentennial projeot. MEMORIAL SERVICES are held every MemorialDay with s spec~al flower drop, oolor guard by the Veterans ot Por­eign Wars and the Amerioan Legion, a we1l-lalown speaker and specialdedioations and memorials - truly an impressive servioe. We invite;outo join us on this speoia1 daYI you will be proud or what wehave done here.-it is a peacetul l serene spot on top ot the hill,surrounded bY' tMl!tS- a landmark or the westward movement in ouroountry and a part ot our heritage!

Cold Water CeJlleterJr contains approximately three acres of land and is locatedin north Saint Louis County Missouri~ Township 47 ~ Range 6 East in U.S. Survey107. It lies one-half mile east of Old Hall's Ferry Road and is reached by aprivate drive belonging to the Cemetery. It became the property of the MissouriState Society Daughters of the American Revolution in November 1963, when theownership was tran:sferred to them by theCold Water Cemetery Association. TheMissouri· State Society accepted this unusual gift and assumed responsibilityfor its future maintenance because of the special historical significance of thisold burial ground •

HEROES WHO FOUGHT IN OUR WARS HAVE BEEN BURIED IN COLD WATER CEMETERY. AMONGTHEM: .

THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION: JOHN M. PATTERSON, SR.EUSEBIUS HUBBARD

THE WAR OF 1812:

THE SEMINOLE WAR:

1HE CIVIL WAR:

1HE MEXICAN WAR:

WORLD WAR I

WORLD WAR II

CUMBERLAND JAMESWILLIAM PATTERSONELISHA PATTERSONSANDERS PATTERSONJOHN PATTERSON, JR.

ELIJAH HAWKINS

ELISHA HARRISJOHN W. HARRIS

NIOiOLAS BLACKLOCK DOUGLASS

JAMES M. PATTERSON

EDWARD ERNST KOENEMAN

1790-18461782-18601783-18541794-18301796-1833

1828-1861

1832-18831836-1873

1819-1903

1895-1919

1914-1975

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All that remains of the first Protestant church Protestant minister to hold 'servlces in the territory In original. The cemetery has been in use since shortly.stablished In Missouri Is the Cold Water Cemetery 0" defiance of Spanish authorities. At right Is the after the Louisiana Terrltory became' a part of theOld Halls F,erry Road in north St. Louis County. The headstone on his grave In the cemetery. It replaces the United States in 1803. ;!:~!l'tl~ory"'as once the churchyard of a log Methodist original headstone and bears the identical Inscription -Globe-Democrat Photos by.BobDiazc(;urchstabllshed by the Rev. John Clark, the ilrs, whi~h wall ,-,o;ojd, ob!lt;r::ted by !!r!.'~I!.'n <>n the ••

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1s Protestant minister in state defied outhorltlesto .preachBy BARNEY WIPPOW

GIobe-Democral Slalf Wrller

The lirsl Protestant minister to holdservices in MiSSOUri and who is attrfbut­ed with eslablishln- the fiMlt MethodistCburch In the Slate was a fronlierpreacher who delled Spanish authoritiesby clandestinely crossing the MississippiRiver lrom Illinois to hold services inthis area.

On a quiet knoll amid the sinks innorth 51. !-ouls CounlY is a small

cemetery which was once the church­yard surrounding the log church in whichhe preached. The church is gone, bUI

His faith carried

him through trialsamong the tombstones is one designatingthe grave 01 the man who established thechurch, Rev. John Clark, one 01 the most

remarkable men among many remarka­ble pioneers 01 the time.

Father Clark. as he became known,was a man of great courage imbued witha sense of righteousness which gave himthe strength to overcome obstacles whichwould have stopped men wllh lesslortitude. His story is one which shouldserve as an inspiration to anyone withthe sp.rit 01evangelism.

WHILE UNMOVING in his regardtoward righteousness, especially as itapplied to himself', Father Clark was not

above questioning doctrInal philosophy.He was reared in the Presbyterian laith,later joined the Methodists and u1li·mately Joined an abstruse sect 01 Bap­tists.

But belore he became a preacher, hislaith carried him Ihrough severe lrials.He was twirr imprf"ssed for service on aBritish man-of-war.captured and held asa prisoner 01 war tor IR months by theSpanish. and survived a ship wreck oilCape Hatteras in a ra~in~ storm.

He was born in 1758 at Inverness,

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Scotland, 01 parenl,.·who were laioly'!'ell·to·do. His mOlhlr was a sternPresbyterian who reared her son to live

He was a Spanish

prisoner ofwarin fear of the way 01 the transgressor.The inlluence of hts mother never lefthim throughoul his long lile.

AT TIlE AGE OF ZO, he on as asailor aboard a tradIng vesse1 bound forthe Wes t Indies. In mldvoyage the vesselWL'i stopped by a British man-of·war andClark was tmpressed for iI~ (r?W. He

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swim, He came near drowninR bt'oremaking it ashore. Later, he said he hadlea red 10 pray during this pre.hcamenlbecause orlhe magnitude 01 his Sin•.

AnER REACHING SHORE atCharleston, he managed 10 get behindthe American lines, Ihe RevolutionaryWar then being In Prottres.s. He made hisway 10 Savannah. Georgia, where heoblained passage on a vessel loStThomas in lhe West Indies.

There, he obtained a berth as a sailoron Ihe "Perry" hound for New York.Whpo iI reached ilo destinalion, he loundthat peace had been declared. On thereturn voyage, lhe~ w", overtakenbv a great storm ofl of Cape Hatteras onthe c03s1 01 North Carolina. Aller a·,·" .....'rp h""prto, thP ~htfl fOllnrl..e-d With

sador aboard a tradlns vessel bound tor r rial peace had eeee deClared. On the

tbe Wesl Indies. In mldvoyage the vessel return voyage. tile Pl!W w.. overtaken.... Slopped by a British man-of·war ODd ty a great stonn off of Cape Hatteras onClark was impressed for its crew. He the coast of North Carolina. Alter amanaged to escape, but soon after was severe hattering the ship foundered withcaptured by a Spanish frigate ODd taken ,,"Iy tbe crew bein&saved. among themas a pnsoner of war. Britain at the time l",ing Clark.being at war with both Spain and He made one more Irlp to Ibe WestFrance. Indies, bul before tile lrip was over be

He was impri!Olled in a bleak dungeon l:oncluded he~ haft 10 give up thein Cuba for 18 montbs before be.ng life 01a sailor if be ever Intended to savencllanged aDdapilllmpressed 011 HMS his !llIU1. He pft up \be sea in 1785 ODd",an:lSSUi. The harsh lreatmetlt aboaro "ec.un~ali:lloolleedler In CllarI_the man ...f·war 10" IIIt1e to bls liking IUT TEACHING ALONE was notand he vowed to escape. l!DOugh for Clark. He was beginning 10

He wailed for an opportunity until the hear about John wesfey, the founder ofvessel was off of Charleston. S.C., by Ilethndism and SOOII joined a group ofjumping overboard and swimming >isfollowers in Geaqia. He CIlIIlinued toashore. But tbe distance was much teach school. bul In addition belantarther than be counted on belDg able to ~ ..... 2N

RJther.John dorr<-o righteous men ofcourageContinued lrom Page IN

leadmg prayer meetingsand 10 preach.He made one trip back to the British

Isles, but returned almost immediatelyafter learning rnar beth of his parentswere dead. Soon after his return, hebecame a CIrCUIt preacher. From Geor­gia he went to Kentucky preaching intaverns along the way and makingconverts. Dunng the winler monlhs hetaughl school.

Minister refused

toobeySpanish edicts

While in Kentucky he met John Gil­ham, who persuaded Father ClarIlto joinhim Into gOIng into the lIIiDoiJ countrY.Gilham had become enamored witblIIinOiswhile traveling through the terri­tory In search 01his wife and family whohad beetI captured by Indians and taketl\0 Illinois. Gilham had searched thetern tory for live years before he wasable 10 ransom back his family.

TOGETHER, GILHAM and his familyalong with Father Clark. as be was thenbecommg 10 be known, traveled towestern lIIil1OlS.

Westwardly, across the MississippiRiver was' a vast territory known asLOUISIana, whICh then belonged to theSpantsh. It was a land lorbidden toProtestanlism. While the lanclWas ruledby the Spanish. they had made no effortto coloni%e il. Mosl of the early settlerswere French ancl practiced the Catholiclaitb.

Following the close 01 the Revolulion­ary War. many of tbe veterans werelooking lor new lands. They lookedacross the Mississippi RIVer ancl likedwhal they saw. While tbe SpanislIautbor·rues were encouraging the Americans tosettle there, they did not want them tobring in any strange religiOUS praelices.

So, the SpanIsh governor Ga)'lllll estab­lished a number rules governing the lll!'Wselliers. One01 which was as lollows:

"LIBERTY Of CONSCIENCE not tobe extended beyond the first generatlOll;the children 01 emlgranls must beCatbolics. EmIgrants not agreeing toLIus. must not be admitted. but removed.even when they bring property withthem."

Most of the Amencan settlers comIngmto louISIana. ,I they were aware of thee<llct, must have come tongue tn cheekor With crossed fingers. They had nomtenllan of followmg the edict.

AnOther regulallOD exhoned comman­dants of the temtory to be on the lookoutfor preachers of other religIons andforbId them to enter the proYlDCe

THE CHALLENGE was tOO much forFather Clark. In the spring of 1798,shortly after commg to illinoIS, FatherClark crossed the MiSSISSIPPI R,ver at apomt near Herculaneum ~ s~a~_I11~~

hISfamily, had moved into the LowsianaTemtory aboul 1797and had obtained aland patent from the Spanish amountingto \,500 arpens, an area equivalent toslightly more than 1,200 acres.

THE PATTERSON GRANT was in tbeCold Water Creek area 01 whal is nownorth SI. Lows Counly. It extended fromtbe Missouri River on lhe north 10 ColdWaler Creek on the south. between whalis now Halls Ferry and Bellefontaineloads.

The two acquainlances soon becamereunited and it was nOI long beforeFather Clark was a regular visitor to thePatterson setuement and would holdservtces in various homes of the settlers.Won! would be senl ahead thaI FatherClark wascrossin& tbe river al a certainpoint ancl soml!Olle would meet bim 10guide bim to one of the cabins whereservices were held by prearTaDgelllenl.Belore dawn of the Iollowing day FatherClark would be back on Ibe illinoisshore.

Al that time the areawas governed byM. Zenon Trudeau, a Frenchman, whowas retained by lbe Spanish as Iieuten­anI governor of the area. Trudeau wusympathetic with the seII1ers. bul al thesame time he knew whal was going onabout him.

AnoIJler settler in the area. AbrahamMusick Jr., was friendly with Trudeau.Musick asked Trudeau to pennil FatherClark 10 preacb in Ibe settlemenr,Trudeau rejected the plea al \be samelime temperin&bis renlv.

BETOLD MVSICK, "I mail you mlllinot put a bell OD a house ancl call il achurch. nor suffer anyone to Cbristenyourchildml but the parisII priest, But ifany of your friends choose to meet atyour boose, sing. pray ancl talk aboulreligion. ycushall not be molested. ..

Trudeau soon learned thaI Clark wascrossing the river aboul once a monthand preaching to anyone wbo wouldlisten to bim for several days beforereturning. Learning of the pattern of hisvisits. Trudeau. just~ Father Clarkwasdue 10end hISVISit, wooldsendwon!lhat il he was not out 01 the territory inthree days he would have him pul intothe calabozO.

It was by means of this sulllerfuce thaITrudeau alJlll!arecI to be enforcing lbelaw.

Preachedalmost

to the dayhe diedFOLLOWING THE PURCHASE 01

loUISIana by the UOIted States. FatherClark could move around more freely.On Jan. 9, 1806. he mamed Patterson'ssecond son. Elisha, to Lucy Hubbardnus was the flrsl recorded Protestantmarnage perform.ed In the territory.

c.-.......~';m_ within :\ few \-ears of set-

While the !irsl documented burial inthe cemetery surrounding the churchwas in 1830. it is believed there wereearlier unrecorded burials in tbe ceme­tery.

JUST WHEN FATHER CLARK beganto question the sacrament of infantbaptism as practiced by 'he Methodistsis not 1tnoWD. BUI because o. ;." disa­greement witb lhe practice. be joined aBaptisl llroup ItnoWD as the "Friends ofHumanily" sometime prior to 1910. Thegroup was opposed 10 slavery and wuworking quietly to abolish the practice.

The change in his denomination in noway diminished his acceptance by thesettlers anclhe CIlIItinued to preach in theColdwaler Cburch.

While mosl circuit preacbers of theday made their rounds on horsebaCk.Father Clark wooldhave nopart o£suchtransportalion. relying on his own legs.He was either afraid he"mighl hurt thehorse or thaI il would hurt him. Alone·time a group of his adIterentsgave him ahorse. bul be soon returned it saying ilinterfered with his meditation.

SO ZEALOUS WAS HE of keeping hisscheduled services lhat on one occasionhe lraveled nearly 60 miles on fOOlwithoul mt to keep a preaching engage­ment. AI that lime be was nearing 70.

During the last two years of his Ii,fe. hewas nearly always in ill heallh, butcoollnued to make his rounds. ~. diedNov. 19. 1838. jusl short 01 his 75thbirthday, allbe homeof Elisha Palter·sonand was buried in Coldwaler '-eme-tery. <.'0.

In lime the cemetery fell Into disuseaDd was allowed to become ovetp'oWn.About 1929. a group 01 desc"'ntsformed \be "ColdwaterCemeteryAssoci­alion" in an effort to prese"e thebisloric cemetery, The work was' 100much for them. ,"

ONE OF THE MEMBEaS of lheassociatioll, LolaPoikert, Was a memberof lhe O'Fallon Cbapler. Daughters ofthe American Revolulion. Through "herefforts. \be Missouri State Sodery"Sllae­Iy of lbe Daughten of \be A_~caDRevolution wasinduced to tate _thec:emeterY jolntly wilb \be aaociatioC,

The cemetery is _ well kepi, !wadstonesrestored anclall 01\be gravesDialcould be lound documeDted. A _headstone. with the original inseri_which had becOntenearly obUberateCYlime. was proVided for Ibe grav..-ofFather C1arIL . =

The old cemetery is aboul one milmile east of Old Halls Ferry Road.....1a mile nortb01Lindbergh llouIe\-anL::

leading ]He m:

Isles. b'after le,were d'becamegia he'tavernsconverutaughtSl-

M

tool

Whileham, wihim intGilhamllIiDoistory in,had beeto lIIinterritorableto 1

TOGIalong wbecomiwestem_

Westwardly, across the MississippiRiver was a vast territory known asLouisiana, which then belonged to theSpanish. It was a land lorbidden toProtestaDlism.While the land was ruledby the Spanish, they had made no effort10 coIoniIe It. Most 01 the early settlerswere French and prsctlced the Catholicfaitb.

Following the close 01 the Revolution­ary War, many 01 tbe veterans werelooking lor neW lands. Tbey lookedacross the Mississippi River and likedwlhatthey saw. While the SpaniSh author·ities were encouraging the Americans tosettle there, they did not want them tobring in any strange religiOUS practices.

So, the SpllJliSh governorGayoso estab­lished a number rules governing the newsettlers. One01wlbichwas as lollows:

"LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE not tobe extended beyond the lirst generatiOll;tbe children 01 emigrants must beCatholics. Emigrants not agreeing toIhiS. must not be admitted. but reIIIOftC!.even when tbey bring propeny witbthem."

Most of the American settlers cominginto \..oUiSiaIIa. if !bey were aware 01 theedict, must have come tongue in cheekor witb crossed fingers. Tbey bad nointentiOllollollowing the edict.

AnotherregulatiOll exhoned comman­dants of the territory to be 011the lookoutlor preacbers of other religions andlorbid them to enter the province.

THE CHALLENGE was too much lorFather Clark. In the spring 01 1798.sIIonly after CORling to lIlinois. FatherClark crossed the Mississippi River at apoint near Herculaneum and standing ona rock in the river preached the lirstProtestant services heard in MissOUri.

The crossing and the preaching wasthe first of many to lollow in defiance ofthe edict until the purchase of theterritory live years later by the United

.States.Before coming to the lIIinois country.

Father Clark had met John M. Pattel'SOl)Sr. in Nonh Ca",lina, where Pattersonwas liv;ng at lJIe time. Patterson, Wlt~

Another settler in the area, AbrahamMusick Jr., was friendly with Trucleau.Musick asked Trudeau to permit FatherClark to preach in the settlement.Trudeau rejected the plea at the sametime tempering his replv.

HETOLDMtJSD, "I meaD you mUllnot put a bell 0lI a house and call it achurch, nor suffer anyone to Christenyourchi1clren but theparisbpriest. But ifany of your friends em- to meet atyour house, sing. pray and talk aboutreligion, you shall not be molested."

Trudeau soon learned that C1arIt wascrossing the river about once a monthand preachinl to anyone wbo wouldlisten to him for several days beforereturning. Learning of the pattern of hisvisits, Trudeau, just before Father Clarkwasdue to endhis visit, would send wordthat if he was not out 01 the territory inthree days be would have him put intothe calabozo,

It was by _ of this subterfuge thatTrudeau appeared to be eoIorcinl thelaw.

Preached almost

to the dayhediedfOLLOWING THE PURCHASE 01

Louisiana by the United States, FatherClark could move around more freely.On Jan. 9, 1806, he married Patterson'ssecond SOlI. Elisha, to Lucy Hubbard.This was tbe first recorded Protestantmarriage perform.ed in the territory.

Sometime within a lew years of set­lJing in the area. the elder Pattersonset aside a pan of his land lor a churchand cemetery, which is now known asColdwater Cemetery. A log church wasbuilt in tbe center 01 the grounds about1807 and became the lirst MethodistChurch to be built in Missouri. althoughtwo years earlier Father Clark hadestabUshed a Methodist "class" in thearea.

Office of Historic Preser'vatlon. P.U. sox 176. Jetterson Clty. r'ilSSOdll bS102

HISTORIC INVENTORY .-~_ A'~()?fc:·(. .. 4"'(1". '" :" ~. , '4 , ••i:,.\

1 rJr,

'.P'''~''1I1 Ndn't:(51 ~e..J',r,

- Coldwater Church ~ (JJ\..<».d, -1,.0

" {.()Ullly

St. Louis 5 Olhle' NilmC(~1 -.0) I Ol.dl,O/\ {II N"'ldllve:. 15245 New Halls Ferry RoadSt. Louis County Parkse Sper ihr t oc auon 1.17 acre in Lot 2 16 Thern al ic C.. legory 2B No 01 SIO'Il:~5 1"~I 'J

Patterson Partition, west of New [)"3 (') ~.c..()~. Basement" Yes ~ t/1()

Halls Ferry Road and south 0'::' 17 Oalll(s) or Ptlriod partial No' ("1":..')

Patterson Road 5u.K.. lo'ii~ constructed 185 .~ 30. Foundauon Malellal ,""'stone '} C~

0-Cdy .,r Town II Rural, Townstup & Vicllllly lB Style or De:i1gn c:1

~ --.Lewis & Clark Township S;:-Iorf';so,d Greek Revival 3l 31. Wall Con suucuon Vl

Ii Sill' Pin" .... "\ North Arrow 19 ArcllI'ec' or Engmil:lr brick L-B

/-lEW FERRY\J I::"'" 32. Rool Type & Mdler~

I-lALLS 20 Conlr ..ctor or Builder 1<: c 'ti ;,,-jgable, compo u ~

33. No. of Bays t>

21 OrIgInal Use, I' apparenl Front 2 s.oe 4 (J'"O

churrh Ol')i~\ 34 Wall Treatment ~o ;;..... v>

0 oainted whitE;,-'O a.'"f;)~ 22 Present Use ::E: ?

~ mpptino hi'lll 35. Plan Shape rectancul ar OJ zc-t ...

~Y; 23 Ownership Public I I 36 Changes Addili·Q!t~Cl> 3

~ -S !E.

"Privale I)« IE xptarn ~redl .

(J~

24 Owner's Ni1lTie & Address.In M42) '. Movetr", ::Y

c:II known Mo 1i ne r1emori a1 Chateau 37 Conduion -S

oAssociation, 6175 North Highway tnter.or ::Y~ r:1)Clldlndte5 UTM

l dt 67, Flori ssa nt r,1d. 63034 Exleflor fairl.,",) 25 Open 10 Yes ~ 38. Preservauon Yes---_.

Structure I •PubliC? No II Under WilY" No )0(10 Silt, : I

BlJl!(l,n!l }O{ Object I I 26 Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? Yes I 1

------ 12 Is II Yes J I By Whal? No )0(11 A" N,J11t,nal Y~:. 1 I,

H"VI',1l:I? No }O{ ElIgIble" No I I 27 Other Surveys In Which Included

1J Par t 01 Estao Yes I I 14. Distroct Yes I ' 100 Historic Buildings in St. 40. Visible Irom Yes )0(lil:'l lll~l ? NOm Pol~nt'l? No 1»( Louis County (1976) and Public Road? No,

--- Kenneth Eo Coombs (1965) 41, Distance trorn and'S Nd'"e of EslalJllshed Distr ict surveyFrOnli1ge on Road

(2 Fur tner De scr rpt run of Important Features According to county records, the

~//'

building measures 50' by 36' and the porch 22' by 6'6". The porch ...... 0(J1-

is a recent addition with a steep shed roof and clapboard siding. N~+:>~

A window and an off-center door are in front. The fourth bay at the (J1z

.//hOI~C>

side is closed (and may always have been so. ) On the south side this :2:3Cl> '"bay has a basement entrance sheltered by a modern shed roof. The ::E: ;;:;

west end has another blocked window. The remaining bays have very :::I:OJ

_large 12-over-12 windows wit" nlai n hilt tvoica l l i ntnl s i'lnrl e i l l s ,,/ ..........4) H',,0ry dnd SIt,,"IICanC~ This land was part of 47 arpents in U.S. Survey 105 acquired by Elisha Vl

Patterson (1783-1854 ) in 1818 from his father John. Elisha Patterson gave an acre an a half, '1Cl>

since reduced by the meandering of Coldwater Creek, which borders the property to the south. -s-s

The deed, dated July 12, 1851, gives the land to Frederick Hyatt (a neighbor), Thomas M. '<

Tunstall~ and Reuben Musick (member of a family that had founded several other .~a~ti.;t/;j0

Chyrch€ls "for €lrecti on of a.R-O.r- n :h':'+ rh",..~h lIn ..-+;,.. ";\+"" ." OJ44 D"su,pt,on 6, Envn onrnent and Oulbull,jings spite of

0.In the rapid suburbani zati on of this neighbor-

hood, this site sti 11 has a perimeter of trees and stands apart from its surroundings.Two other contemporary buildings also associated with the Pattersons are located a 1ittl enorth of here on the west side of New Halls Ferry Road.

4S SlJUfl-~S o t.Jntor mauon 46. Prepared by

St. Louis City Recorder of Deeds, Book Y5, page 521 E. HamiltonBellefontaine United Methodist Church, A Heritage of Living Faith, 47. OrganizatIOn

1976. ~liS Cn"ntv ParksSt. Louis County Recorder of Deeds, Book 3503, page 114. 4~/~~e 4') ReVISIon Oate(~.)

Coldwater Church15245 Ne\'1 Ha 11 s Ferry Road

42. continued

This is a very stmpl e building but retains the classic lines of thevernacular Greek Revival. Kenneth E. Coombs, in his 1965 survey forSt. Louis County" sketched the brick cornice with its brick dentilson bull headers.

43. conti nued

no part was to be used for buryi ng purposes. The church is sai d tohave been used jointly by Baptists and Methodists. The Methodistchurch, said to have been the first in Missouri, had been formed in1806 by Rev. John Cl ark in the home of El i sha and Lucy Patterson, whohad been married by him earlier that year. The Baptist church hadbeen organized in the home of William Patterson (elder brother ofElisha) and his wife Assenath Piggott in 1809. The Methodists wereserved by a circuit pastor who also served Bellefontaine and severalother churches and several other churches that disappeared or wereremoved from the circuit by 1873. The two CliUiC,,2:. [":,,a;neo in the"Bellefontaine Circuit" until about 1904, when the Coldwater Churchclosed its doors. The building is still shown in the 1909 atlas as"Union Church."

In 1955 the property was sold by the Cold \,':'::::" C" .•. "ureau HallAssociation, Herbert Niehaus, President, to the present owner. Atthe time of the 1965 survey, the building was occupied by theLutheran Church of the Risen Christ.

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Office ot H1stor;c Preserve t i on , P.O. Gox 176. Je t fe rs on (ltv. ;'11SS0,1l'1 G~ir)2

HISTORIC INVENTORY &CiA~A~-~~(\l

1 rr.. -. P'''~''III Ndn,,,(SI -Lucy Patterson House 0,

{ ,IHJlltV~St. Louis 5 Oil',,' NilmC{~1 \::)

) I IHdl '0" tIl N"~dl,ve~

15505 New Ha 11 s Ferry RoadSt. Louis County Parks(, Sper rhr luc.allun 2.17 acres of LDt 5, 16 Theln,llc Cillegory 28 No 01 51011"5 1~ OJ

Elisha Pa tterson •s Estate in {') .~.;<~') 19. Baseme,,'~ Yes ,'#., U1nrt.;

Section II , Township 47, 17 Dateisl or PIHiod "0 ' .1

Range 6 constructed c. 1860 30. Founuauon MaterIal ,:::0- SI yle or De:i1gn ';I, l stone 40 c:, Cdy ,.II Town II Rural, TownshIp & VICl/ll1y 18 CO -'.

Lewis & Clark Twp., nr.Florissant Greek Revival/Italianate 31. Wall Con suuc tion III

M S,IL' PI"n w,'h Norlh Arrow V ('e.-/ 19 Arcllllecl or Englne"r brick 1...8 WI)..,.32. Rool T\'pe & Mdlerr"IGt-e ':.C ~~

20 Contractor 01 Builder gable, comp

D ~33. No. 01 Bays 15t<- ..C[J ~, 21 Orrg,nal Use, if apparent Fronl 5 Side 3 ,~' - ,

~ <::-I

kresidence C>ll~ 34 Wall Treatment '?/-) ~ J c :;

~ ~?CJ ( ;:::- 22 Present Use painted white -',l residence 35. Plan Shape L-shaped -oz~ Pol ~

0 ~..,., 23 Owncrshlp Pubtic I I 36 Changes ?:,- :i--.. Addinon )Q( rt3Private 9Q( (Elpla,n (5 ;,u:1lered r rt~

ro "'?\:)'in 142) i.lo;,-t~ ~ -

~ ; 24 Owner's Nillne & Address, III

•• known 37 Condu.on ~\ 0~

Celeste M. t,1eyer tnter ror ';/.C :::c~ I.O;Ollllndles UTM

excellent 0l dl El,ellor c:l ,,11 ~J

III25 Open 10 Yes I I 38. Preservanon Yes ro

5",,: I Structure I ,Public? No 1»( UnderVoidY? No )¢(

10Bu,Ic~'"!l ?O( ObleCI I 1 26 local Contsct Person or Organization 39. Endangered? Yes I I

1-'-0" -N "I,onal Ye~ I I 12 Is II Yes 1;« By What? No )¢(

H<:tl"·le l ? No ~ Eligible? No I I 27 Other Survey, in Which Included

1 j P"n 01 Estab Yes: 1 14. Dlstllcl Yes j I Historic Buildings in 40. Visible from Yes)¢(HI~' D,s!.? No ~ Poll:nl'l? No 1)0( Public Road? No, .

--- St. Louis County41. Distance trorn and1~ Nilll,e 01 Established District

Frontage on Road

/435~2 Furrher' Descnpuun 01 Important F..tures The back portion of the front wing and~ // V>

the rear wing are frame. T~e front has a dentilled cornice and two ...... 2pedimented dormers. Windows are 6-over-6 and have working shutters. U1 or

U1~

Those in front have segmental arches. The front door has a toplight Pholo 5::z'-'

and a newer glazed storm door. Sheltering it is a one-bay hip-roofE~ /.~ 1z3ro ~porch with dentilled cornice and grillwork frieze with angled brack~ts/ :E: ~

A former open porch on the rear was enclosed in 1950. The rear win~ ' :::cOJ

~ separated from the front bv an onen breezeway. It is frame ,/ -'-'

4) Hlsl<:Hy ano 5,qnJl,cance The Patterson family were among the earliest settlers of English origin III

in St. Louis County. John Patterson, Sr , , a veteran of the Revolutionary War, came to the "T1

area about 1798. He, his five and other members of the family acquired so much land rosons, ~

northeast of the village of Florissant that the area became known as the Patterson Settle- ~ment. Another surviving house associated with the fami ly is at Box 376 Old Halls Ferry ;:0

0Pol

H Oe~U'l)\lon 01 EnVllonmenl anrJ Outbuild,ngs The widening of New Halls Ferry Road has caused the hi11 D_

on which the house sits to be cut away, leaving a rather steep bank. The house is sti 11surrounded by 01 d trees.

4~ SUUIL"S of.lnlo'l1Iallon 46. P'clJar~rJ bySt. Louis County Recorder of Deeds Book 11, p. 138 E. HamiltonSt. Louis City Probate Court, Lucy Pa tterson estate~ 12602 47. O'gan'lall<\I\Historic Buildings Survey for St. Louis County, Kenneth E. Coombs, St. Louis County Parks

1965. 48 Dale I Rc,,~.(," Dall'\' I

Missouri Society D.A. R., "Cold Water Cemetery" . 6/88

Lucy Patterson House15505 New Ha 11 s Ferry Road

42. conti nued

with board-and-batten siding, unusual in this area.

43. conti nued

Road, almost in sight of this one. Elisha Patterson, John's second son(1773-1854), began acquiring land in the area (Township 47 North Range 6East) by 1818 and eventually owned about 575 acres. He bought the tracton which this house stands from the U.S. in 1823. He married LucyHubbard in 1806 vthen she was sixteen, and they had fourteen survivingchildren. Apparently no settlement of his estate was made at the timeof his death or at the death of his widow in 1876, until some of thechildren sued for partition of the estate. In the settlement, this lotwent to AAly J., the wife of David Frazier, then resident in Dover, Mo.By that time, each of the seven major parts of the estate had a house,so the purpose of this one cannot be ascertained. Judging from thestyle of the architecture, however, it seems likely that it was builtshortly after the death of Elisha Patterson, perhaps as a retirement or"dower" hou se f'or Lucy Patterson, who wou1 d then have been in hersixties. At the time of her death, however, she was living with her sonDurrett Patterson nearby.

Elisha Patterson gave the one-and-a-ha1f acre site for the Cold WaterChurch in 1851. The building survives near here at the corner of NewHa 11 s Ferry and Pa tterson Roads.

45. continued

St. Louis Republic, Nov. 6, 1876, p. 8 (obit. of Lucy Patterson).

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Office of Historic Preservation. P.O. Box 176. Jefferson·Citv. Missouri 65101

HISTORIC IINVENTORY SL~..A ;>·OZ-lb - D' L')

1 Nil 4 PrO!$""I Nam.11 -26J430543 Eden United Church of Christ, z

~ ",,""Iy ~ Eden Evanqelical Church 0

St Louis !i. Other NamC4s)

J lO(:.IIon 01 Ney"",,cs

4th rol 1 ~ ?IL?7 8930 Eden Avenue6 soecu.c lucallon part of Lot 2, 16, Thernahc wtegory 28. No. 01 Storltls 1 "-

Block 80, Mackenzie Tract, 145 ft 29. Ba.ement? Yes l#.~ ~south of Aliceton Avenue 17 Dahill. or Pefiocl No II

11912 30. Foundallon Male"al 1--0<

1 Cily Uf Town II Rural, Township & Vicullty 18 Style or [)elMO" stone ~

Gravois Township &-ff:% RomanesQue/Gothic Revival 10 31. Wall Construction r-'~

H Slle Pl"n wllh Nurth Arrow ,:t 19. Archilec1 or En9","r /3 brick masonrvtoe.b~ "e..r Charl es F. Mav 32. Rool Type & Mitlellal

G:.I'"O"~ 20. ConlrAClor or BUIlder hinn~d aable/romn11101/0 R, Rnnn_k'i \-u, 'S1" 33. No. 01 Bays ..

21. Ongina! Use. il apparenl elL Fronl h Side Fi ~ ~b!..r,A DB 34. Wall Trealmenl ro It

lit

22 Presenl Use hond:::s '5~

church 35. Plan Shape rec tanql e p' z.......23. Ownerltup Public I I 36. Changes Addition ~

~ ~Privale tlI' (E.plaln Allered I I

24. Owner's Nilme & Address, in 142) Mo""" I I')

" known 37. Condition- Inlellor~ CUOrt!tndles UTM German Evangel ical Eden

ldl - ltinn '::;11?1 E.lellor goodl"n!J 25. Open 10 Ves ~ 38. Preservation Yes '!XI =t.,

.0 Silt' 1 I SlIuclUfe I iPublic? No II Underway? No I I n

Bullc1l1lg ~ Oblect II 26. Local ConlllCl Person or Organlzalion 39. Endangered? Yes I I ~.I I . On Nit\lunal Yes I I 12. Is II 'tes I I ByWhal? No )00

~Rtl\!lloIC'" No~ EllgtDle'~ No II 27. Olher SurveYI in Which Included-1J Pan 01 Es'ab Yel; I I 14. Dlstncl Ves I I 40. Visible Irom Yes lOGHIS' Orst.? NO~ Polcmt'l? No II Public Road? No I I

'!:l Name 01 Established Districl 41. Distance trom andFronlilge on Road

., ,,,,,... De."I,,,,,,,., 'm......' 'n'",•• The corner bell tower with its eight-~ /' <-

sided spire is the prominent feature of the building. The first two ~ ~stories of the tower have round-headed windows with stone sills and r.

keystones and the third story has large round-arched louvered opentru s Photo~~for the bells. A parapet wall with its own small corner towers and / ~ g ~center peaks forms the base for the slate-clad steeple with its ~

ornate copper finial; decorative white glazed brick inlaYr are I))::om< 0..,

j n ~ach of the small corner 11 hi n_ ~ nnrr"h 'I"Ml+; OII~rl ~~43 History .nd Slllnlhcancc Eden United Church of Christ was founded as Eden Evangelical Church, on ~rom

February 29, 1912, by a group of local men of German ancestry. It was the third church to <01

organize in Affton, then an area of truck gardens linked to St. Louis by Gravois Road. Whil e :::s<.0

meeting at Chirst Episcopal Church, the congregation purchased a piece of land 168' x 241' ([)....just north of Gravois from Mary E. Berry, and a contract for a new church was let (ca~tinue~

.....n01

44 Descnpuon 01 En'fllonment and OutbUildings The church is 1ocated one block east of the intersection ....of Gravois and Rock Hill Roads; Gravois is an old road leading southwest from downtown St. n

:::J""

Louis out to the Meramec River. A paved parking lot is behind the building, a park is be- e-s

hind that, and a house approximately contemporary with the church is next door. (continued) nzr

4!i Sourc;.s 01. Inlormallon"'.

46. Prepared by

One page history of the Church, April 26, 1987, church files. Judv Li ttle"Eden UCC, St. Louis, Church of the Month," The Couri er, ~1arch 1987. 47. OrgaOilalloll

On site inspection. Ic:::+ I ",Ii - Pi'lrkc;48. Dale 49 Re",slon Dale(s,

1/92

Eden United Church of Christ, Eden Evangelical Church8930 Eden Avenue

42. continued

with arched openings on three sides is attached to the base of the tower,six steps above Hrade, and serves as the main entry. The doors are solidwood with decorative wrought-iron hinges. All windows have round arches,formed with two or three courses of brick headers, but the windows intothe sanctuary are divided into two tall panels with Gothic arched heads.The stone sills are cut with steep slopes. Stone-capped brick buttressesare at each corner and between the si de bays. The rough-cut stonefoundation is above grade around the building. The roof over thesanctuary is hipped, slightly flared at the eaves, with a gable over aprojecting section on the front of the bUilding. The slate roof ispresently being replaced with composition shingle. The stained glasswindows have figures on fields of diamond-shaped panes; they are notopalescent. The cornerstone reads, "Evange1ische Eden-Kirche A.D. 1912."A 1954 additi on on the rear is one story, hal f of whi ch is below grade.

43. continued

in September to Lueke &Bopp of Kirkwood. The cornerstone was laidOctober 13 with completion in April, 1913, at a cost of $12,000. Apressed tin ceiling in the sanctuary came from C1abes Hardware a fewblocks east on Gravois. Professor Bauer of Eden Seminary ministered tothe congregation until the first pastor, the Rev. R. Gottfried Kurz, washired. During World War I the women of the church petitioned PresidentWilson by telegram urging him not to declare war on Germany. Thearchitect Charles F. May also designed the old Bethel Church at Greer andGarrison, the Old St. Paul at 9th and Sou1ard, and the old St. Peter1s atSt. Louis Avenue and Scott.

The Fellowship Hall/Education Building was added to the church in 1954.

44. continued

The rest of the neighborhood has small houses dating from the twentiesthrough the fifties.

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Office of Historic Preservation. P.O. Box 176. JeffersonCitv. Missouri

HISTORIC INVENTORY65101

1 No

12M510991" c'o,,'" y

St. LouisFee Fee Baptist Church

zo

J i ocauoo 0' Nt!Y411v1l5

0226 - 20A. 21 11330 St. Charles Rock Roadrs. Themallc W.egory

t 7 OaleCa) or Pefiocl

1870t8. Slyle or DelNgn

Roma Rsv i va1t9. ArchItect or EngIneer

l./lCc-t-g~::--:::----------~. .,

Vl

20. Con'rK.or or 8ullder ..2t. Onginal Use. it apparenl

rhllrrh22 Present Use

Church rh;lnP1

SI(:le

35. Plan Shaperectanaular36. Cnangll5 Addillon)O{l g;

(EaplatO Allered t I "0

in 142) Moved I I s:PubliC I I

Privale ~

24. Owner's Nilme & Address.II known

23 Owneratllp

!j Cuoll!tndle5 UTMlitl

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10 Sill' ! I

BUlldlllQ )0(

n On N"lluo411 Yes I IRll\!IStl:,') No )0(

1J Part 01 E5lab Yes I IHIS' D,:;I.? No )¢(

Structure I •Obj,ac;t II

12.lslI VesllElIglble'~ No I I

t4. DISlrtct '(es IIPolent'l? No I ,

40. Vi5ible IromPublic Road?

Ye5 t}¢{No I I

15 Name 01 ESlabllshed Olslllct .,. Distance trom andFrontage on Road

L.

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45 Sources 01 InlOlmallon

Abraham, Ruth E., As A Tree Plant~d. A History of Fee Fee B_apti~t

Church 1807-1970.Project List, Wil'-iam B. Ittner, Inc.On site inspection.

46. PreparllC:l by

M. Webb/J. Little47. Organlz41llol1

St lOJiS" In:v Parks48. Dale 49 RevISIon Dalel51

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Fee Fee Baptist Church11330 St. Charles Rock Road

42. continued

The door is entered from a raised bri ck and concrete porch. Basementwindows have seqmenta'l-arched heads. Three large additions, the latestcontaining a new sanctuary, were built in 1949, 1957 and 1975.

43. continued

For a period of several year, beginning in 1882, the congregation shareda pastor with four other churches. Membership was small in the ruralarea. Furthermore, it dropped from seventy-five in 1882 to thirty-fivein 1896, increasing only to forty-nine by 1906. In 1904 a parsonage wasbuilt on the east side of the buiding. (Later, in 1954, it was used asthe Sunday school annex.) Early in the twentieth century the MissouriBaptist Orphans' Home moved next door to the church on the east; thosebuildings stand today. The church remained small until 1931, growingunder the leadership of the Reverend F. M. Baker to 241 by 1941. One ofthe stained glass windows installed in 1942 bears the names of Rev.Baker and his wife. In 1942 the auditorium floor was lowered and newpews added.

Post-war growth of the area around the church increased membership. In1949, an addition was begun: the John Mason Peck Memorial EducationBuilding, William B. Ittner, Inc., architects. Peck was an earlyBaptist missionary minister who preached at Fee Fee Baptist. Theimportance of education was due partly to the association with theMissouri Baptist Chi1drens' Home next door. The addition is two-storybrick, 66' x 96'. A new baptistry was also installed in 1949. In1957-1958 the Erastus Post Education Building was erected, Carl Etz,architect. The three-story red brick building is 60 1 x 138' and cost$250,033. It included a new auditorium, leaving the original buildingunused until it was renovated as a chapel in 1962-1965, called MemorialChapel. A large new building with a new auditorium was built in 1975.

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Office of Historic Preservation, P.O. Box 176. JeffersonCitv, Missouri 65101

HISTORIC II\JVENTORY ~-ASrrv'A'DQI No 4 Present Name,s'

28Nll03112 County

St. LouisFenton Methodist Church

zo

3 t ocanon 01 Neg_lives0135 - 23

Ves lO( ~ ~No I I • c.,

28. No. 01 SIortes ]16. Them.hc Calegory030

17 Dale4s) or Periodconstructed 1860. 1930 11

18 Slyle or De:otgnI hr r,r,:>,:>ldGrppk Rev iva I

19. Archilecl or Engineer

North 100 ft. Lot 1,Block 9, Town of Fenton

6 Specrtrc Locauon

20. Conlraclor or Builder...

21. Onginal Use, if apparenlchurch oe Ii..

22 Presenl UserhlJrrh

23 Ownership Public IIPrivate ~

s Coorumates UTMLdtlonv

24. Owner's Name & Address,if known Trustees,

Church of Christ of Fenton216 Main St. Fenton 63026

37 Condition 1-'.tmenor good ~

Exlenor n""..l )

38. l-reservauon Ves , iUnderway? No ~

39, Endangered? Ves I I

By What? No)04

13 Pan 01 Estab Yes I I 14. District Ves 10{ 40. Visible hom Yes ~HIs\' [)I~t? No ~ Polen..l? No I I PUblic Road? No L I

15 Naill 01 Eslabllshed District ",. Distance trom andFronlage on Road

160 1

':2 Furtt sr Descnption 01 Important Features'::)l e wmdows , Wh1Ch presumably repre(~ /" <.n

the oldest part of the church, are 6-over-6. Front windows are ~ ~ ~lancets. Entry bay breaks forward forming a truncated tower with ~. ~ ~a low pyramidal roof and central louvered lancet opening about PhOlO· 8" ~the same s ize as the side windows. Doubl e doors are set in po intr d .. / ~~ iarch set in rectangular surround, Concrete basement puts the chur ch / ~ ~up seven steps from the yard, ,/ ~ N

,/ g.~

43 HIStory and Siqruncance The Fenton ~1ethodist Church is said to have been started about 1839 or 0 ~

1840 by a ~1ethodist circuit rider. At first the oroun used a loq building about a half -n~mile west of town. The present building was erected in 1860. l twoul d have been a simple 93;rectangulary hall in vernacular Greek Revival style. The present Gothic Revival front a·~·would appear to date from c. 1890 -1910, but church records (continued) rl- ~

t/)

44 Descripuon of Environment and Outbuildings The church is at the southwest corner of r1ain and Ware. q-Since the south end of Main has been closed, the location is rather quiet. A parking ~lot is on the east side of Main, while close to the church on the south side is a park- ;+ing lot fot the telephone ('omnanv. ."

45 Sources ol.lnformation 46. Prepared by ~

Fenton United Methodist Church Es1 ev Hamil ton 8"Richard A. Seaton, ed., History of United Methodist Churches 47. Organrzation ~

of Mi ssouri, 1983. ~ri C' rn l"lhl PRrk"St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds, Book 4057, page 516. 448/"902ale 149

. Hevrsron Daters]

On site inspection.

Fenton Methodist ChurchFenton Church of Christ212-216 Main Street

43. continued

refer only to a remodel i ng in 1930. At that time the basement was dugunder the buildin!J and the present concrete foundations laid. Thebasement provided space for a central furnace. The Methodists purchasedproperty at 800 GI'avois Road in 1955. A new building was dedicated therein 1958 and a new sanctuary in 1981. The cemetery was moved to Mt. HopeCemetery on Lemay Ferry Road. In 1959, the Methodists sold the north 100feet of lot 1, Block 9, which was only part of the land they owned, tothree trustees of the Church of Christ, Samuel A. Carter, Callie A.Russell, and James E. Mabery. The cost was $15,000, of which $10,000 wasborrowed. The Church of Christ has been here ever since.

15/5695GApril 1992

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65101Office of Historic Preservation, r.o. Box 176, Jefferson City, Missouri

HISTORIC' INVENTORY

4] Hlslory and 5''1nillcance'Ihis church was built in 1870 for the First Congregational Church of ~

W2bster Groves. On a winter Sunday norning in 1865, walking the long trek to the Rock :isHill Presbyterian Church, six rren decided that it was t.i.rre to start a church closer to herre,'.....,a Congregational Church. 'lbese six rren; ~'i1illiam Plant, Alfred Plant, CharLes Connon,li'i1illiarn Porter, Janes Martling, and R.P. Studley; had been Northern syrrpathizers during the

:X.-- :""()2(» '("\$ ..~'4 iG .¥5

1 NIl 4 Pr~~t'flt Ndn,elsl

• First Concrreoat.i.onal2_~()IIf1IY C1urch of webster GrovesSt. Loui.s 5 Otne: Namc(l')

J (lkill,sn.if N!'!JdllvesTSt, • Louis CoUnty farks Dept. 10 J -, .:I

JS

4 (. .16 Thematic C .. legory 28 No 01 Stories 2-k1.6 . .,ecd'r t or.anoo •

trl

lot 1 of Mary Go~'s subdivision 29. Basement? Yes )G rt., ~._- ..~, -~ . ", 17 Darers) or Period full No:

" 9• .~~~. ~,

1870, 1893, 1923, 1956 30. Foundation Material1 '~'IYur·:T'(lwn. If Rural ..,Townshtp & Vicl/lIly 18 Slyle or De:ilgn squared nbble 1-"

til• Webs.ter Groves' , Gothic Revival ~I I 31. Wall Construction

If .~'It· Pldri WIth North Arrow LOCK WOO I) 19 Archilect or Engineer masonry u...o, F. William Raeder 32. Rool Type & Meler,al

'i.='" ' -0-- .-.0

20. Contractor or BUilder13 icross gable, slate TIIJ

....t. , iii

'r\! 9~ r- 33. No. 01 Bays6~~ 21. Orrginal Use. if app..rent rei Front 7 SIde I-Ij

, t·' -t: 1-"

~-"\ ~churdl O~A OlpC- 34. Wall Treatment Ii

tilJ> linestone 13 rt.' 'I 22 Present Use d<

35. Plan Shape Lrrecrular oC'\1, 9

I 23 Owncrship '. Public I I 36. Changes Addi\lon X,...J JJJPrivatex I (E xptain Altered X

24 Owner's Name & Address. in 1/42) Moved I

" known 1st Congregational Churc 01f37 Condition 11,

of webster Groves i 10 W. Lockwood Interror excellent9 Coorumate s UTM~Ldl Webster Groves ID 63119 Exterror excellent

L'ln\J ......25. Open 10 YesXI 38. Preservation Yes X 910 51'" ! I Struc:ture I ; PubliC? No II Underway? No,

Bu,Ic1I11g ~ Object I , 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39 Endangered? Yes' I ~Q.tt. On National Yes I I 12 Is It Yes t I By What? NoX -'

Rl~\llslel" No IX Eligible? No I I 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 0Pall of Es tab Yes I I 14. District Yes I I

rt,13 40. Visible from Yes X

HISI O,st? No 'X Polent'l? No I I Public Road? No, ~t5 Naill!; of Estabu shed District .c 1. Distance from and tilFrontage on Road rt. CD

c::n' v ?Q ';l' ,.nr'l""Ii

~2. Further De scription of Important Features'll1is lirrestone Gothic church has been

~///t:i ,

added to and altered many tirres, groNing irregularI y. 'lbe front of0

(<CD

the church faces Lockwood on the north and the oldest part of the Ul c

building is recognizable as the west section. It is three bays, one/hO'~6and a half stories, under a gable facing north, tbe gable is articu-

lated with a white terra cotta parapet.. 'llie three bays are divided / :zb¥ limestone buttresses and contain narrcw Gothic stained glass - . H

w]nd~ t:cwer. two c::.tnripc::. with a bellcast hip steeole /' .b

.-1[

r

46. Prepared byA. furris

44 De s c rrpt mn 01 Envlronm'ent and Outbuildings 'rile church has' a' small lawn on each side and attractivelandscaping. Tnere is a Larqe parking lot on the east side on the corner of Elm andLockwcx:d.. Tnere is another parki.nq lot on the west side of the building with accessfran Gore Avenue.

-------------45 SUUfCt:S ot,tntu,mallOncentennial History of the First Con~Iregational Churcll of Webster

Groves by Sylvia Schmid, 1965.\i?bster Groves Historical Society Cookbook, 1978

First Congregational Church of Webster Groves10 W. Lockwood

42. continued

with small gable dorrrers on each side, is in the center of the front ofthe church and was added in 1893. It has 'bNo bays of Gothic armedlouvers on each side of its second story. '!he first story is the mainentrance; double oak doors under a stained glass transom, recessed intoa Gothic arch VJhich projects the depth of one stone making a shelteraround the door with a li.rrestone gable. A broad flight of stairs leadsdcwn to the street. East of the steeple is a section of the churchadded in 1893 with gables facing north and east and south. The north(front) facing gable contains one large, leaded, b lue , stained glass

WindON under a Gothic arch. 'lhis only shews on the second story. In1923, a one story narthex addition was built across the front of theeastern section of the church, It has three bays of leaded windoes anda flat roof surrrounted by broad battlerrents.

'1he east side of the building is two and a half stories under a gablearticulated with a white terra cotta parapet. On this side the mainfloor is actually on the second story. 'lhe main -floor contains threesym:::trical bays, the center bay being a large stained glass WindON undera Gothic arch, and the bays on either side being srrall stained glasswi.ndcws under Gothic arches , '1here is a door on to a fire escape betweenthe north and CEnter bays but the syrretry of the three stained glasswindONs seems rrore irrportant than this fourth bay. 'lhree small Gothicarched indentations are in the gable. Between the first and second floorsis a massive stone watertable. The first floor is four bays, two of whi.chfit under the large, center stained glass w.indow, continuing its outerlines. 'Ihe one story narthex addition on the front adds one bay, on thenorth.

'Ihe south, back side of the older parts of the church is the equivalentof six bays. '1hE: eastern bay contains a stained glass windoc under aGothic arch on the second story. The next three bays are under a crossgable with a Laroe blue stained glass window under a Gothic arch on thethird story in the gable. '1here are stone buttresses on the outsides ofthese three bays defining the outside edges of the gable section. Thereis another bay to the west and then the gable of the oldest part of theoriginal church. Off of this section of me back of the church, two largerectangular, tseo-s tory Sunday school buildings have been added one in 1926and one in 1956.

43. continued

Civil War. 'fue only other Congregational church in the state of Missouriat that t.irre was the First Congregational O1urch of st. Loui.s , partly becauseCongregationalism was associated with Nevv England and abolitionism.

'Ihe first public worship was held in February 1866, in the Chapel Groveseminary, a private school built by John Helfenstein, Rebert Studley, andWilliam Plant, on Lockwood at Jefferson Rd. A small stone church was builtat the present location in 1870 by F. \\lilliam Raade r , the arc.hitect of

... "

First Congregational Church of h1ebst.c ' 'e slOW. Lockwood

"l.: . ~_

e - 'iii·. 4 ~ . .cont.inued. ... ", ..

, .Raedar Pl.ace in Lacled2 I s Landing. Dr. Truman Post, minister of the First• . 'Cpngfegatianal Church of St.. Louis, laid the cornerstone and delivered

~ ' , . the-.open.inq address .'.~ - ' ' .

\ . ' .." '~ l ' . ".

'n.1e ' b~lding was added to in 1893, in 1923 and in 1956.

t OutSfaJiding ministers h ave been O1arles Kloss frau 1898 to 1904 and againfrem '19ll to 1917, D.-.right Bradley frau 1920 to 1929, George Ci.bson fran

. ,1 930 to 19.38 , Ervine LnqLi.s f ran 1939 t o 1962 and Paul Davis fran 1966 to. ~the present.

45. a:mtinued

VF-bste~ Graves, by Clari ssa startSandoorDe L'1suranre Plat at Webster Groves city Hall

Office of Historic Preservation. P.O. Box 176. Jefferson·CitY. Missouri 65101

HISTORIC INVENTORY "5L' .r\<';,prv>1_- t"- j (. i1 Nu • Pr'll>l'lIl Name(sl First United Methodist Church of WE!RsterGroves; ~

22K331175 H~gerty Memorial ~1ethodist Episcopal Church:L.:r.UXegol'a-rr z0

2 County fIr:L i s r Frri cr-nna ] rhllY'rh·r l='iY'c::t ~.A .1. le+ I='nie,..,,~~i·--·

St. Louis ~Olf,er NamOill) "Church of Webster Groves;3 Locauon 0' Negilllves

600 North Bompart AvenueO??LL l?A 1 ':!

6 Spec-he Location Lots 30-34 Fairview 16 Themallc Calegory 28. No. 01 Slon'll 1 2( 2 '"Park, 704 Greeley &600 North 29. Basement? Yes 00< ~ gBompart 17 Dalets) or Period full No It

lconstructed 1915 I q ~-ICjc:f5 30. Foundallon Malerlal '- -c

1 City ur Town " Rural. Township & ViclIlIly 18 Slyle or DeIJlgn ) 0, ~7 ;? <:;tnnp ~

Webster Groves Jacobethan Revival :.t;,,--! "/ ";t 31. Wall Construcuon ~.

H Site Plein wllh Norlh Arrow 19. ArchilecI or Engln"r brick ma snnrvWilli~m A r~nn (n d. 30 32. Rool Type & Milterlal

20. Conlraclor or Builder cross aable rnmn33. No. 01 Bays ..

21. Original Use. if apparent Fronl 6 Side 8 b "tl

church n 10 Ft l'L,.,C" 34. Wall Trealment ;:: ;0Ul

hnnrl ~..

22 Present Use ;;

church 35. Plan Shape; rr-ecul aY'I...> Z

'"23 Ownership Public I I 36. Changes Addition ~ fll ~Private )0( (Explain Allered I Ff ~

24 Owner's Name & Address, in "2) MoveO 1\

""-"it known Firs t Un ited Method is t 37 Condition J,I> -'.

Church of Webster Groves tmerior good ~~!i Coorumares UTMLi:tl 600 N Romoart Ave. fi111 q Exlenor good ::ncLon\) 25. Open 10 Yes I I 38. Preservation Yes i : 8 ~.

10 Silt,! I Struclure I iPUblic? No II Underway? No :« ~rt

BUllc1l1.g }¢t Objecl II 26 Local Conlact Person or Organization 39 Endangered? Yes i I v>il~On National ves I I 12 Is It Yl~S I I qhl :"4111 . By What? No ;«t 3

(l)ReYI~'t:Jr? No ~ Eligible? No I I 27. Other Surveys in Which Included rt

:::YI:J Part of Estab Vel> I I 1<1. Distnct Y,!S I I 40. Visible from Yes )O{I 0

Hisl. I)I~I? No }O{ Polent'l? No I I Public Road? No ~ I 0--'.

.1. Distance from and VI15 Nam. 01 ESlabllshed Dlstricl rt

Fronlage on Road

':2 Furtt !r Description of Important Feature:;The sanctuary ot the Jacobethan styl e

~/7'"

brick building has a cross qable roof with terra cotta-capped S~parapet ends. Large Gothic arched windows and a rose window overthe altar light the sanctuary. At the front corner is a two-story Pholo Usquare bell tower with a crenelated parapet wall at the roof and ./~buttresses at the corners. It has rectangular windows with Gothic /tracery and terra cotta labels and sills. A cornerstone on the . ~tower reads "Hagerty Memori(~' M I:' rhllY',..h_1Ql~ II (,..",.,+in"",~' ,/ 3

43 Hlslory i1nd S'llOllrcanCt; The church had its origins in 1893 when a non-denominational Sunday .0;-s

school, the Tuxedo Park Union Sunday School, was formed. The first meeting took place in rt

a house and the second, with an enrollment of ninety-two, on the second floor of a new »<

barn. The non-denominational status was maintained by alternating the use of Presbyterian (l)~

and Methodist quarterlies. Volunteer ministers were used. In 1894, the (cont i nued) c(l)

4<1 Oescnpuon of Environment and Outbuildings The surroundi ng neighborhood, Tuxedo Park, is residential.

45 Sources ot.jntorrnanon 46. Prepared by

Start, Clarissa, Webster Groves, City of Webster Groves, 1975. Judy LittlePamphlet describing the bui'lding, First Methodist Church of 47. Orqanizauon

Webster Groves, no date. ~'s Cn"ntv p,",<On site inspection. 48. Date 49 Bevrsion Datets)

12/91

First United Methodist Church of Webster Groves600 North Bompart Avenue

42. continued

The raised open main entry porch is next to the tower on the east side. Atwo-story educational wing is to the west, same in style as the mainbuilding.

43. continued

congregation erected a building at 667 Atalanta which still stands.

In 1895, a group of eleven members met at the home of Walter S. Roff andorganized the Tuxedo Park Methodist Episcopal Church. Another grouporganized as the Tuxedo Christian Chapel. The Sunday school remainednon-denominational, but with two denominations the question of ownershipof the building was raised and, following an election, ownership wastransferred to Tuxedo Park Methodist Episcopal Church. (Tuxedo Christianlater built its own building at Tuxedo and Bompart.)

Membership was small at first, but it soon grew under the leadership ofDr. Thomas Hagerty, a chaplain for city institutions who traveled eachweek to preach to the congregation. In 1909, the church bought two lotsat Fairview and Bompart, partly through a $1,000 contribution from Dr.Hagerty. Another contribution from Dr. Hagerty of $7,000 helped with theconstruction of a new building, where the first service was held on April16, 1916. This is the present building. (The old building at 667Atalanta was sold to Old Orchard Lutheran, later called Christ Lutheran.)Dr. Hagerty died in 1917, and the church, in gratitude, called itself theHagerty Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. By 1930, membership hadgrown to 450, and the name had become First Methodist Episcopal Church ofWebster Groves. With unification in 1939, the work IIEpiscopal ll wasdropped and, in the late 1960·s, IIUnited ll was added after the merger ofthe Methodist Episcopal church with the United Brethren.

In 1950 a new building was begun, dedicated in 1955. In 1973 FellowshipHall was remodeled.

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Office of Historic Preservation, P.O. Box 176. JeffersonCitv, Missouri 65101

HISTORIC II\JVENTORY "5£ .it:;'-c2:£,"Ot51 No 4 Prc~t:1l1 Nome\s) -

27H642100..' ; Gethsemane Lutheran Church c, (:out'ly.st::toui$ 5. Other Namel:»

) LvCdl,on til. NnJailvt:'s,'765-69 Lemay Ferry Road3h~JitJ-l'9 •

6 Spec,"( Lue'lltut:' v, 1 acre,· Mueller 16. Themalle c.lll<l0ry 28. No 01 SIOr~S ?"\ "---.,~~ ....

VlcHts. , L~t.~·~ & -Lo ts 5-9, N 25 ft. 29. Basement? Yes )IXDal"'s. 01 PetlO<l

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Lot 9..., ... 17 No t I c

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cnns trJJrtpn 1q?l 30. Foundauon Malenal i-<"",,"-': .., 0

1 C,ly ul Towa II "Ruial. ro\O\nsn,p & VicmII Y 18. Slyle Of De$lgn not flvirlpnt c,.- ,--- .., - ......

Lemay Towrlshi p <>,Gothic Revival ..- ""-'. I .... 31. Wall Conarruction U'l

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" 19. Arcnllect or Engln4Mlr brick '..itK Silc PI"n w'lq Norln )l.rrow't -. J. Fischer & Sons 32. Rool Type & M.. lenal{·::r -~..-...., 20, Conlraclor or BUilder cross gab1e, hip, compo .

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.... , J.J. No. 01 a.ys TO ,.21. Ortgln" UH. il ~en+ Front i rr. 5 S.oe irr. G'):;:

church OL~h Ci£C 34, W&ll Treatment11> "('"'l-v>

22 Present UH s tretcher bond ::0 ;:s!:, U'l.- church 35. Plan Shape .; ......,",n, ";3,rC-12. 11>3

23 Ownersillp Public I I J6.. Chang~s Add itJDA...l.lllOJ. \. ::l

Pnvaie >x (Explalll ~~ 11>

24 Owner's N.me & AOdI8SS. In 142) Moved I , iC

If known 37. Concnuon r+truer ror

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Gethsemane Lutheran Church 11>\I Cuort!lndles UTM -s

Ldl Exrenor good ::l

L"n,) .25. Open 10 Yesl)9( 38. Preservauon Yes I ' nPUbliC? No II Underway? No )O{I

;:sSill': j Structure I ; C

10 -sBUllclll'<j }¢{ Ob\e<:t I I 26. Local Contact Person 01 OrganiZation 39. Endangefed? Yes I , ("). ;:s

11. On N"I,onal ves I I 12. Is II YIIS I I By Whal? No )¢(l

RCYI~leI? No )oX EligIble? No 11 27. Other Survey. in Whicn Included

IJ Pari 01 Estab Yes I I 104. Dislrlct YIlS I I 40. ViSIble tr orn Yes ~Hisl DI~I.? No.~ Polt!nl'l? No ):( Pubuc Road? No'. I

I~ Name 01 Estanusned DlslClcl u. Distance Irom andFronlalle on Road

i rr .1164" F"""" 0",,,,,,"" 01 trnportant F..,",,, Main facade of church has asymmatr i- ':~ /

cal ~wers flanking the 3-por~1 entry. Left ~wer is smaller and h~S -....J l

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paired windows in second level. Larger tower has two more levels, i - U1 r

Ieluding bell chamber with louvered openings at top. Both have crenel- Pholo m

I a ted parapets. Towers have buttressed corners with buttr ess caps on ~ / ~l.D

rtwo levels. Doors are arched and have arched moldings above them. Mu ti~ CD

3pane window above portals is divided into three by buttresses. East ~ OJ

West elevations have similar winnm.." wi t hnu r thp hlJttrp"inn I-c..,.,

o HI~lory"ndSlqnlllcanct: This congregation was founded in 1905 by the Rev. J. J. Bernthal, who had CD-s

been pastor of St. Trinity Lutheran Church in Carondelet since 1897. (St. Tr trri ty.a t vermont -s

and Koeln, goes back to 1859). Later that year the first pastor, Rev. J. W. Schoeck, took '<;0

charge. The church first worshipped at the southwest corner of Wachtel St. and Louisa, now aOJ

called Lagro. At the time this area was called Bismark Heights. The building (continued) 0..

H Oe5CIIVllon 01 Envrronrnent and Outbull<lIngs

4S S{JUfCtfS 01 Inlofmallon 40. PreV4Irtt<J by

Corners to ne, The Lutheran Guide of St. Louis, ~1i s sour i (1916) . F: Hilmi 1ton.41 Or q amz at rouChurch office. St. Louis County Pilrks48 Oal" 1 4 'J Rev.s,on O"'e1SI

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was completed in 1906 but was destroyed by fire in 1920. Thecongregation then worshipped in a building at the corner of Hoffmeisterand Broadway until the present church was completed. Groundbreaking wasAugust 4,1921, and dedication was April 2,1922. A search of the DailyRecord between March 6, 1921, when the land was purchased, and thefollowing October did not reveal a building permit, and the buildingplans in the possession of the church are not signed by an architect.

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HISTORIC I~IVENTORY "5~>~t:>C>2,..,·(\i~4 Ples.,nl NarnelS)

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St I nil; c:3 t ocauon 01 Negallves

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Grace Evanoelical Lutheran Churchzo

6 Specrhc t.ocatron

East part Lot 1. E. C.Hutchinson SO, in Survey 2684

16. Themalic Category

\~~17 Dalals) or Period

constructed 191018 Style or De51gn

Gothic R~vival ~\ \-19. Architect or Engineer

28. No. 01 Stones 1Yes 1)0(No I I

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27. Other Surveys in Which Included

24 Owner's Name & Address,

il known Evanqel ist Center,Church of God in Christ6404 Martin Luther Kina 63133

\l Coordinates UTMLa!L,mv

20. Contractor or Builder

21. Onginal Use, II apparent

r-hurr-h nl£A22 Present Use

church23 OwnerShip Public I I

Private 90<

35. Plan Shape rec ta nole36. Changes Addillon I j

(Explain Altered I Iin 1142) Movell I \

37. ConditionInterior goodExterior good

38. Preservation Yes' iUnderway? No )¢t

39. Endangered? Yes )0(By What? No I I

40. Visible trom Yes )0(Public Road? No !, I

41. Distance trorn andFrontage on Road

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':2 Furll3r Description of Important Features The bu i'l dinq 1S ot red br ick, w1th a ,~/'/ l1'

steep gabl e roof, of sl ate, and a square corner tower. The tower t2 9has a crenelated parapet, but set within it is a steep, hipped robf ~ ~crowned with a copper finial. The top 1evel of the tower has Goth~c Photo ~. ~arched louvered openings for the bells flanked by small stone .~~~ ~quatrefoil inlays. The middle level has a small vertical window / Q ~

beneath a nar-row cornice, and below that, at the main level, is the,,/" ...... ~Gothic archllld main ~mtry. ("''''''+;'''''0,.1',/ ~ ~

43 Hlslory and S'!lnlilcance This building, constructed in 1909-10, was the fourth church erected by ~:::;:

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church. Grace Evangelical was founded in 1872, its first ~ ~

building being a small White frame structure at Whittier and Easton, in an area known ~:!.

as Butchertown. The original name of the church Gnadengemeinde. The congregation was g~

of German origin and its early pastors came directly from Germany. (continued) ~ ~OM-

44 Oescnpuon of Environment and Outbuildings The surrounding neighborhood is primarily industrial and ::r g-comnerica l , with many vacant lots where buildings have been demolished. This part of St. ~ -sCharles Rock Road waS named Easton early in the century and is now named Dr. Martin G>~

Luther Ki ng Drive. The busi ness section of Well ston is to the east. The area is ina ~L345 Sources ot.rntormauon sta te of decl i ne. 46. Prepared by ...... C1

Kretzmann, Dr. P. E.. Dedicated to the Glory of Our lord J~SIJS Judy Little ~ J.Christ. Grace Lytheran ChLl!:~..b., booklet published at the dedi- 47. Organization n<

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Grace Evangelical Lutheran ChurchEvangelist Center, Church of God in Christ6406 Martin Luther King Drive

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At the tower corners and between the bays on the si des and front of thechurch are stone-cclpped brick buttresses. The gable end of the main roofhas a stone capped parapet. Immediately beneath the coping are smallblocks of stone, SE~t flush with the wall and stepped as they rise towardthe peak, forming Cl decorative element. A large Gothic arched window isthe central element of the front facade, with wood tracery and opalescentstained glass. To the right is a smaller arched doorway, above which is aninlaid stone quatrefoil. Both front entrances are raised several steps andopen onto brick and stone platforms. The sides of the building have sixbays, with Gothic ilrched windows with stone sills. The foundation isstone, with windows in each bay into the full basement.

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In 1879, the church moved to Lucas and Hunt just north of St. Charles RockRoad. In 1885, the church moved about a half mile east on St. Charles RockRoad, near an area called Rinkelville, later to become Wellston. Theproperty, which ran back to Wells on the rear and fronted 132 feet on St.Charles Rock Road, cost $500. There they built a small brick church andparsonage. The surrounding area began to develop around the turn of thecentury and in 1909 Grace Evangelical built this building, for $10,000excluding furnishings, in front of the parsonage which had been set backabout 100 feet from St. Charles Rock Road. The 1885 building was then usedas a school. The pastor at the time of construction was the Rev. Otto E.Janzow. From 1911 to 1914, the pastor was the Rev. Otto Laskowski who wasactive in the field of missions, helping with groups in Overland, Claytonand Gardenville. In 1922 the old church was razed and a new schoolbuilding and parsonage were constructed. The eight-room parsonage stillstands east of the church, but the school has been demolished.

In the fifties, Gr'ace joined three neighboring Lutheran churches to form aconsolidated school association, and in 1955 the association opened ConcordSchool on Ferguson Avenue in Pagedale. Grace Lutheran School then ceasedto exist. In 1957, the Grace congregation built a new church building at1425 Ferguson, acy'oss the street from Concord School. The old bUilding onSt. Charles Rock Road, by then named Easton Avenue, was sold for $60,000,the organ having been sold to Immanuel Lutheran of Olivette and thecontents of the church and school cornerstones having been removed in1957. Grace Lutheran is still located on Ferguson today, but ConcordSchool has since been closed and purchased by the City of Pagedale.

In 1969, the Evan!~elist Center, Church of God in Christ, bought Grace's1910 building frorn Louis Glass and Nathan Glass, the owners of WellstonAuto. The Church of God in Christ denomination is a Pentecostal church,with 3.5 million members world-wide.

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Grace Evangelical Lutheran ChurchEvangelist Center, Church of God in Christ6406 Martin Luther King Drive

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A Century of His Glrace, 1872-1972, booklet published for the 100thanniversary of Gra~utheran, 1972.

Interview with Bill Ulmer, Office Administrator, Grace Lutheran Church,March 24, 1992.

Telephone conversation with the pastor of the Evangelist Center,C.O.G.I.C., March 24, 1992.

St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds, Book 6426, page 493.

On si te inspecti on.

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'} County Maolewood United Methodist Church 0

St. Louis !) Omer Namel::;)3 t ocauon 01 Negiil,vt!S First Methodist Episcopal Church of Maplewood

Roll 1 - 5A - 6 7401-7415 Flora Avenue6 Specific location 16. Themallc Calegory 28. No. 01 Slolles 1 .J ~ IV

Lots 53-56, Maple Lawn SO 29. Basement? Vesm ()(/)0

17 Datels) or PeriOCl No I ( M- C

"''''''C:+'''"'''+Or! 1 on~_h 01£;\ I~lab('. .:.

30. Foundation Malerial -<'r-

1 City ur Town II Rural, Township & VICHlIly 18 Slyle or De51gn roncrete 0

Jacobethan ,.~./'J -7.<>;1 I::

Maplewood 31. Wall Construction ......19. Archilecl or EngIneer brick masonry

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II Sue Pliln wllh Norlh Arrow

(IJ£1 t:u.jQ/(,.1(0;). 32. Rool Type~~i1lerlal

20. Conlraclor or Builder oab1e. como ~t"f;;' r"{ I c.,:: 33. No. 01 Bays ..

21. Original Use, if apparent Fronl ~ SIde h 3:'1)

church 34. Wall Trealment cu ;;

22 Present Use C" hnnrlts~n> -

churr-h 35. Plan Shape L-shaoe ::E: zo 1\1

23 Ownership Public I ! 36. Changes Addition ~ 0 3Privale ~ (Explain Allered I

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24 Owner's Name & Address, in 142) Moved 1\ c-::::s

il known Maplewood United 37 Condition......M-

UTM Methodist Church, 7401 Flora Ave tntenor good n>!i Cuonnnates 0.

lilt M"'nlpwond MO 63143 Extellor good 3:l'lIl \J 25 Open to Ves '»: 38. Preservalion Ves , i

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10 Silt' ! I SlruclLJre I iPUblic? No II Underway? No ~ ::::s-

oBUlIc1l11g }¢{ Obie,cl I I 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? Ves I I

0.......-II-On National Vel; I I 12 Is II Ves 1 I By What? No ~ Vl

M-ReYI~1::Jr? NO'lO( Eligible? No II 27. Other Surveys in Which Included n

1:3 Part 01 Esiab Vel; I I 14. District Ves I I 40. Visible Irom Ves 00( ::::s-I::HISI. Dlst.? No * Potentt? No I I PUblic Road? No I I -s0

15 Naill 01 Established Dlstricl 41. Distance trom and zrFrontage on Road

~2 Furt " Om" pnon 0' 'moon." F."ure.s Th1 S red bel c k s true tu r e nasagab I e~ ,/ "TJ'"

roof with parapet walls at the gable ends and square one-story t wer /......

0-son the corners of the principal facade. The towers have crenelat~d

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parapet wal l s. and the gable walls have squared-off projections Photo' :s::zat the peaks refl ecting the crenelated forms. Coping, sill s, 'label s , '/'~

n> ll>M- 3::::s-!l

door surround and other decorative work are of white glazed terr / o III

cotta; a prominent terra cotta detail on the facade is a rectan u-,0.-............

lar frame ecclosing three ,..;",,..10<:: in Y'AliAf (rontinilArI) ,/ Vl~

M- 043 HISIOrYilndSlnnlflcanc~Maplewood ~Iethodist Church had its beginning in January, 1902, on the I--'

~~second floor of a dance ha.ll known as May I s Hall, just west of the Ma p1ewood Loop. The ...... ~lot which the church occupies today at Sutton and Flora was purchased for $1,245 but Vl I--'

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the congregation continued to meet at May's Hall until it burned in July, 1904. Service 0"0 "TJ

was then held in a tent on the church property, and later in a (conti nued)cu ............ 0

-s44 Descnpuon of Environmenl and Outbuildings The bu i 1ding is on the corner of Flora and Sutton, pri- ncu

::::s-marily a residential nei ghborhood. 1::»

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Undated brief printed history of the church, provi ded by the Judy Little 3:cupastor, Ma rgi e McDa ni el Woods, December, 1991. 47. Organization "0......

St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds. St.Louis County Parks n>::E:

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Maplewood United Methodist ChurchFirst Methodist Episcopal Church of Maplewood7401-7415 Flora Avenue

42. continued

above the center window. Above that is a two-part louvered vent. Athree-part stained glass window in the center of the facade and a two-partstained glass window next to it have series of small arched panes overtall narrow ones. The side windows have their upper portions covered.The front door surround is fluted; the double doors are modern, ofaluminum, with square transom lights, and above this are arched stainedglass windows. The front door is only slightly above grade and is reachedby a ramped walkway. The cornerstone reads, IIFirst M. E. Church1903-1915. 11 The brick is dark red with vertical scoring, laid instretcher bond. The foundation is concrete. An educational wing -­cornerstone dated 111956" -- is on the west side of the building toward therear and extends behind the house next door, probably the property of thechurch. A small projection on the east side at the rear has a door.

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neighboring Baptist church. A brick building was built on the site in1905, but it burned in 1914. The cornerstone dates, 1903-1915, may beinterpreted to mean that the present building was built in 1915, perhapsusing surviving portions of the 1903-05 building. In 1955-56 an educationbuilding was constructed.

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12~151l091 zMizpah Presbyterian Chruch 0

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St. Louis !i. Othel NamClll)

J lOt:.I.,on 01 Neg,,"""S 11339 St. Charl es Rock Road0226-21A ??6 Spec'ltc localton T46N R5E, Section 12, 16. Thernalle wlegOly 28. No. 01 StOIMlS 1 '"

part Lot 2, RESD Lot 2B, Fee Fee 29. Basement? Ves ~ (/)c

17 D~Ie4.) or Period flill No II M'~Road Estates . .,

1869 30. FounlJ~"on Malen~1 ,-<18. Style 01 DelMO" coursed rllhhlp 0

1 C,ly ul Town II RUlal, Township & ViCIIlIly cRomanesque Revival 4,

,(::) .....Bridgeton 3'. Wall Consuuelion VI

Ii SII., Pldn w.th North Arrow 19. Archtlec:t 01 Engtneer hrirk30 32. Rool Type & M..tenal

20. Contractor or BUlkler gable. como .()l' C~(J,.Q.·.(.·(J\... 33. No. 01 Bilys •l..t'il.(.Jt

2'. Onginal Use. il Apparent Front 3 S.de 4::s:~

church 34. Wall Treatment ..... '"22 Present Use hnnrl ~ ~

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church 35. Pliln Shape rectanal P :::r z..23 Owner.'lIp Public I ! 36. Ch~nges Addillon 1)« -a ~

-s ~PriY~le )0( (Ellplilln Altered I I ([) ~

in 142) MollelJ I , VI2<C. Own8/'S NitI1'Ie & Address. 0-

II known ~1izpah Pres. Church 37. Condllion 1M-- 11339 St. Charles Rock Road Inlenor excel J er:lt ([)

UTM -s\j CoonnnatesSt. Louis MO 63044 Elltellor excel1ent .....

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L"nu 25. Open to::5

Yes II J8. Preselvillion Ves I I

PUblic? NOm Underway? No l)O(.,

10 S,lt, ! I Struclure I iBUIldl/lg lX'( Objecl I I 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? Ves I 1

I I . On N..lI11nal Vel; I I 12. Is II 'I'es I IBy What? No~

RCYI:,t",') No 'JO( EIIglble'~ No II 27. Olher Survey1 in Which Included

1J Pall of ESlab Yes I I ,<C. Dlslllct ''(es I I 100 Historic Bldgs., (1970) p. 22 40. Visible Irom Ves ~Hlst DI:;I.? No ~ Potent'l? No II Historic s.ites Inventory (1965) Public Road? No 4 I

15 Nallltl 01 Established Distncl no. 691; Missouri Hi storic Sites n. Distance Irom and

~atalogue p , 161 (1963) Frontage on Road

~2 Fullher Descnpuon ollmporlant Fe~tur.s The building is an example of a highly

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.....developed state of the art in bricklaying. Corbeling under the corni t:;forms a series of simulated brackets or shallow consoles, and causes~contrasting patterns of 1ight and shadow to be created. A circular,//.."<.louvered ventilator withing the gable is set inside two circles forrr ~

from brick. One of those c i rc'las is flush with the wall surface; the

~other is recessed. Both windows on the facade are placed withinshallow recesses which have c:;pm;r;rrll1i'lr arched hprlrlc:; (f"nntinllorl) '"'S

43 H.story ..nd SI!lntllCanc" The conqreqation was formed on November 20,.....

1842, by members of a number ([)

of promi nent fami 1i es from the area: James, Agnes and George Patton; James Quisenberry;VI

;.0George, Eliza and Ann Lackland; Jacob, Joseph and Ellen Brown; and Sarah McClure. As did the 0

oMethodists in this part of St. Louis County, the Presbyterians held their earliest meetings A

at the Fee Fee Baptist Church. (continued) ;.00

44 Descnpuon 0' Envlfonment and OUlbulldlngs A d PJ

mo ern, bri ck structure with a gable roof over most of it c..

stands behind the original church. The roof 1ine of it changes at the east end to formthree gables filled with glass. A covered walkway connects the two structures. The land tothe west of the church has haan n;\\/orl tn f"Y'P;\to fl na r-k ino lnt (,..,.. ... H ..... ,..,""

45 SOUICIIS o. Inlorm~lIon 46. Prep~red by

Bridgeton Since 1794, (n. p., 1968), pp. 30-31 I ; " i++l",Parkin, Robert E., Overland Trails and Trials (Overl and, Mo., 1956), 47. Organililllon

p. 33 <::.t Inll;e - D~ ~I,~

Thomas, Hi story of St. Louis County- (St. Louis, 1911) , p. 74 48. Dilte 149 Re"lslon Dale(sl

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Mizpah Presbyterian Church11339 St. Charles Rock Road

42. continuedAll of the window's have semicircular heads and have modern metal frames withsnap-on muntins to simulate 6-over-6 lights. The originals were 9-over-9lights. The lights in the arched heads are cut to fit that shape and are ina sunburst pattern. The doorway in the facade also is surmounted by asemicircular arch within which there is a fanlight made up of nine lightswhich divide into three triangular units. The three inner lights create asemicircle and the six outer lights form a band above. The present door isrelatively new and there is a modern, flagstone stoop in front of it.Wrought-iron railing is fixed to each side of the stoop and to the stepsleading up to it.

Openings in the foundation at the facade are filled with hinged, woodendouble panels. That indicates the original treatment of all the openings tothe basement. The original woodwork in the openings in the foundation atboth sides and at the rear has, however, been replaced by double-hungwindows with alurrlinum sash. All of the openings to the basement have stonesills. Because of the downward slope of the land, a full ten feet of thestone foundation is exposed at the rear of the church. That made itpossible to place a doorway there which provides access to the basement.The double-door hung there is modern.

Brick pilasters delineate the four recessed bays on each side of thebuilding. The upper edges of the shallow recesses are formed of thereecourses of corbeled brick. The brick chimney on the eastern side is in linewith the pilaster nearest to the facade and has a metal stack at its top. Asecond brick chimney, without a metal stack, is in alignment with therearmost pilaster on the west side.

43. continuedHaving acquired nearly ten acres at the corner of Fee Fee and St. CharlesRock Road, Mizpah Presbyterian erected this brick church in 1869 or,according to J. Thomas Scharf, 1870. He indicates that the cost of theland, church and brick parsonage -- the last of those has since beendemolished -- was, ten thousand dollars, a substantial sum at the time. Thebasement was remodeled 'in 1955 in order to create space for classrooms.

44. continuedThe Thomas Lucas House (1865) is on the opposite corner, at 11404 St.Charles Rock Road. Fee Fee Baptist Church (1870) and the Missouri BaptistOrphan's Home (early 1900s) are across the street.

45. continuedScharf, History of St. Louis and St. Louis County (Philadelphia, 1883), pp.1896-1897.

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St. LouisOld Bethel Methodist Church

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St. Louis County Parks(; SDCcd,( lur:31lun 66.78 acreS

Survey 1956, TownshipRange 3, west of WildCreek Road

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25000 Wild Horse Creek Road16 Them.llc C"logory

O~D d(jJO17 Dale(sl or PtlllOCl

constructed 1859

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1~ Ndl!'C of EstabllsheCl District

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24 Owner's Nillne & Address.

II Known Sharon Heumann, Trustee721 E. Jackson RoadSt. Louis, MO 63119

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Federal19 Arcllllecl or E/lglni~r

20 Contractor or BUlICler

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barn23 Ownership

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rubble35. Plan Shape

36 Changes(E_plalnrn .42)

37 Ccr.o.uonruinoustnterror

e_lellor poor38. Preservauon Yes

UnderwdY? No)O(

39. Endangered? Yes)9(1By Whal? Not

deterioration40. Visible trorn Yes)O{

Public Road'} No .

41. Distance from andFronldge on Road

~4 [)e~wpl,on 01 Envuonmeru and OUlbLIIIClmgs The building now stands at the edge of a field, separatedfrom the road by the narrow channel of Wild Horse Creek.

~2 Fur iner De scr rpt mn 01 tmportant Feal~,res The squared rubble walls have remark-~ .:ably smooth surfaces, but they are losing mortar in their lower N 9courses due to ground water. Windows have lost their glass but re- gj ;;ta in some munti ns. The front wi ndow over the entry was probably Photo g ~6-over-6, and the large side windows were 12-over-12 and had pedi- / ~:E: 3mented lintels. The peneled double entrance doors are surmounted /' ~ ~by a toplight. The cornice has shor-t returns. ,/ c.

,/ ~~~I()fy ano S,qlld,cance Kenneth Coombs thought thi s was a school when he surveyed the county in

1965, and it was published as such in 1970. Chylene Daub published a history in 1983 basedon information provided ~V Alvin Steines, who was then the owner of the property. Accord­ing to her, this building was built for $2,000 for the Bethel Methodist Church, whichhad been formed the previous year. The pastor at the time was WesleY J. Browning. Bethel

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Old Bethel Methodist Church25000 Wild Horse Creek Road

43. conti nuedwas on the Meramec Circuit, which included churches at Franklin, Eureka,and Glencoe as well as in Jefferson County. The congregation sufferedduring the Civil War because of its Southern sympathies. The ground onwhich the church was built had been granted initially by the Spanishcolonial government to James Mackey (who al so owned a 1arge tract on theGravois where White Haven was built). He sold 200 arpents, including thispart, to Alexander Graham, who in 1821 sold it to Stephen Hancock, Sr.Hancock died in 1827. His son Stephen, Jr., died in 1853, and in 1857 theestate was partitioned. This part was sold to William Lindsay for$1 ,680. In 1864 Li ndsay gave it to the Managers of the Roman Cathol i cOrphan Asylum of St. Louis, and two years later they sold it for $2,000 toPeter Richard Kenrick, the Archbishop. It is said that the littleMethodist church, discovering itself on Catholic land, decided to move.Actually the church did not move until after Kenrick sold the land at theend of 1866 to Frederick Solf for $1,250. It was he, according to Scharf,who refused to sell. The church bought property further south on WildHorse Creek Road in February of 1867. The next year Solf sold this landand another 40 acres to Gottfried Denecke. He converted the old churchinto a farmhouse. Denecke paid $4,000. When he sold the property eightyears later, however, he received only $3,213.

Hermann Steines came from the Ruhr area of Germany in 1834 and died in1875 at the age of seventy. His family farm of about 150 acres was on thecounty line at Melrose Road. His widow Louise (Westholz) bought this farmincluding the old church from Gottfried and Dorothea Dannecke in 1876 (not1874). She died in 1894 at the age of 87, and in 1898 her sons Charles R.(who had inherited the home farm) and Frederick W. auctioned thisII creekbot t om farm." It was purchased by Frederick1s son Herman for$4,000. According to the family, the old church was used as a residenceuntil 1916 and thereafter for storage. Herman Steines died in 1954, andafter his wife Catherine1s death the property was inherited by their sonAlvin. The present owner of the property is the trustee of the AlvinSteines Revocable Living Trust. Bethel United Methodist Church is stillin existance and is now located at 17500 Manchester Road in Pond.

45. continuedJ. Thomas Scharf, History of St. Louis (1883), p. 1931.William L. Thomas, History of St. Louis County (1911) pp. 454-455.Watchman-Advocate, History of St. Louis County (1919). p. 36.St. Louis County Probate Court, cases 1141; 25115.St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds, Book 34, p. 305; 75, 525; 7755, 1674.

St. Louis City Probate Court, cases 787 and 3910.St. Louis City Recorder of Deeds Book A, p. 354; L, 4; 222, 213; 295, 363;304, 333; 331, 111; 396, 198; 561, 225.

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15 Nalllt: 01 Established Dislnct t1. Dislance hom andFrontage on Road

~2 Furlher Descnunoo 01 Imporlant Fealures Th1S 1S a simple one-story rectangu- ~ / <..

lar brick structure with a gable roof. The roof ridge runs the long ~

dimension of the building, as does the principal facade. Two chimney) ~

pierce the ridge at mid-points. The brick is red, painted white in Ph~o 0

recent years, and laid in stretcher bond with every sixth row a course / ~:3of headers. The main door is centered in the front of the building. / ~

A small clapboard addition with a hip roof is at the north end of ~

the building, perhaps not or tcf.na.l Thp I V (conti nued)43 Hlslory and SlIlnlhcanctl. • • n. Fee Fee Bapt1st Church was organ1zed 1n 1807 by the Reverend Thomas R. ~

Musick from Kentucky. This was the second permanent non-catholic religious organization ~

west of the Mississippi, established only a year after the first, Bethel Baptist Church mnear Jackson, of 1806. Bethel was dissolved in 1867, making Fee Fee Baptist the oldest sur- ~

viving Baptist Church in the state. It is the first protestant congregation (continued) g44 Descnpllon 01 Env.,onment and OutbuIldings Adjacent to the church is the Fee Fee Cemetery, platted in ::

1822, the year of its first burial. Stones dated to 1811 indicate that some graves must have gbeen moved to the cemetery. The original site of the church and cemetery was three acres, ~

with five more added in 1880.45 Sources 01. InlormallOn

HABS Inventory, 1965.Abraham, Nrs . Ruth E., As fl, Tree ~lanted, History of Fee Fee

Church-L_lB07_-197Q.Thomas, William L., History of St! Louis County, 1911.conti nued

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according to a 1911 photograph, featured a solid door, a transom light andno sidelights. Now the transom light has been filled and sidelights added,as well as a hip-roofed entry porch with square concrete columns. Windowopenings have flat brick arches, and windows are modern, added in 1991, withmetal frames and sash made to simulate 2-over-2. Single-leaf hingedshutters were at the windows in 1911. The interior has now been partitionedfor residential use, obscuring the original structure, but an early accountdescribes brick floors, a row of timber columns along the center, and hewnand pegged rafters and joists. The pulpit faced the main (east) door andhad long benches arranged in a semi-circle around it; aisles ran from thethree doors to the area in front of the pulpit.

43. continued

in St. Louis County. The name Fee Fee was from Fifi1s Creek nearby.

Prior to the Louisiana Purchase, there was not a single organized body ofEvangelical Christians in the territory, being illegal under Spanish law.Elder John Clark of Illinois, however, is reported to have defied the law tocross the river to preach in homes in the vicinity of St. Louis, probablynear the area called Fee Fee. The church was organized shortly after thePurchase.

From 1807 to 1815 the church was itinerant, meeting in homes. The firstfamilies were Musicks, Martins, Sullivans, Howdershells and Hildebrands,from the southern and middle states. In 1815 a log house was erected and,in 1828, the present building began, with completion in 1829. It is theoldest house of worship in St. Louis County, according to a plaque on thebuilding.

In 1870 the congregation built a new church nearby -- at 11330 St. CharlesRock Road -- and deeded the old church and cemetery to the three churches inthe area: Presbyterian at Mizpah; Methodist Episcopal South at Bridgeton;and Baptist at Fee Fee., The three churches elected four trustees each andincorporated in 1876. At that time consideration was given to making thechurch a memorial of some kind, but it was later converted into a residence,an early example of adaptive reuse.

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Douglass, R. S., History of Missouri Baptists, Western Baptist PublishingCompany, 1934.

Historical Commission of the City of Bridgeton, Missouri, Bridgeton Since1794,1968.

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corner of Fairlawn &Amelia 17 DaleCa) or P.,iod fill 1 No II rt c. .,cons t.ruc tad lAq7 30. Foundallon Maleflal -<r

1 Clly or Town II Rural, TownshIp & Vil:lluly 18. Slyle Of 0...0" So <:tnno 0c

Webster Groves r:nnl i sh Artc:. rl nrl rrrl ftc: 3t. Wall Consuuc:lion .....V!

Ii Sill.: Pliin w.lh Nurlh Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer ...+" ..." ....."Ic:.nnY'v:i.. M ''=11': 32. Root Type" Mittenal

20. Contractor or BUI"'er ,......"e:: ... n",hlo rnmni)')_, GrCiVe"':;. 1<'0 'tH_ 33. No. 01 B.ays •

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15 Na.ml 01 ESlabllshed Disillct U. Dislance trom andFronlage on RoaCI

~2 F."",, O'''<''p,,"" 0' 'mp.,,,", F"""" Th,s rock-faced J tmes tone structure ~ /' <.-.

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and parlor. but hipped over the polygonal bay and the bell tower. T e ~~ ro ::....... ~

bell tower has louvered triple windows on each side of the second -.I.. ;

story, and triple double-hung windows on each side of the first sto y QI -

The sanctuary side walls have li'lrop s.ix-nar t window", (continued)::J:><

~3 Hlslory and SIHn,hcanCtl This church building was constructed in 1897 by Old Orchard Congrega- ro::s

tional Church of Webster Groves. It was organized in 1890. The Joy family, developers ofcro

Old Orchard, were early members. That church disbanded in 1947 and contributed its rema i n-ing assets to the newly organizing Church of the Open Door on Big Bend at Grant Road. OnFebruary 3, 1947, the building was sold to the trustees of Old Orchard Chapel, (cont i nu ed)

"4 Descnpuon 01 Envlronmenl and Oulbuildlngs The church is in the residential Old Orchard subdivisionand owns the landscaped lot to the south. The bungalow-style house across the street at639 Amelia was recently purchased and restored by the church,and is named Milligan House .

..5 Sources 01 tntormauon 46. Prepareel by

Start, Clarissa, Webster Groves, City of Webster Groves, 1975. Judy LittleOne-page description of Old Orchard Chapel, by Katharine Walter, 47. Orgalllzallon

mid-1970s, from the church files. St. Louis County Parkscontinued

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Old Orchard Church640 Amelia Avenue

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with transoms and wood mullions, and opalescent lavender and amber glassin geometric patterns; shallow, bracketed hoods are over the windows; inthe shingle-clad gable ends are variations on the Palladian window, withtwo arched panes within the center arched section, and large decorativekeystones. The doorway has a gable roof, varnished paneled doors withtall narrow windows in the upper portions, and sidelights with leadedglass. The polygonal bay shows six sides of a twelve-sided figure, withtransomed windows in each side with opalescent glass. Heavy rock-facedstone is used for lintels on most windows and a sill course on thetower. A cornerstone reads, "A.D. 1897." Dark wood shingle is used toface the walls of the rear bay and the southwest corner.

Interior features include a bell tower room with a fireplace and accessto the rope for the hand-rung bell; a parlor in the polygonal bay,separated from the sanctuary by a roll-down wooden screen, allowingexpanded seating when needed; a dark varnished sanctuary ceilingrevealing the cross gable roof structure; light fixtures with opalescentglass; and dark varnished woodwork. The organ and organ pipes take upmost of the room in the chancel, which is recessed in an arched nicheframed by pilasters with composite capitals and set behind a paneledrail; the Eucharist is given on a slightly raised semicircular platformin front of the rail. The. Ki1gen pipe organ has a huge pump in thekitchen area. The pews are arranged in a semicircle.

43. continued

an independent Bible church formed by former members of Rock HillPresbyterian Church and incorporated on March 18, 1949; it was latercalled Old Orchard Bible Church. On August 20,1981, the bUilding waspurchased by Grace and Peace Fellowship for a mission church, whichbecame Old Orchard Church, the current owner. The church is a membercongregation of the Presbyterian Church in America.

The small Ki1gen pipe organ was installed in 1983. Originallycommissioned in 1891 for the Grace Episcopal (now Presbyterian) Churchof Crystal City, it followed a long odyssey, beginning in 1954 when itwas moved first to a private home in Kirkwood, then to LafayetteReformed PresbytE!rian Church of Ellisville, and to Benton ParkFellowship, finally arriving at Old Orchard. The pipes and panelingbehind the organ formerly conprised the front of the original OldOrchard organ, now gone and said to have been a gift of AndrewCarnegie. The fr'ont of the original organ was several feet in front ofits present location, filling the squarish niche.

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Old Orchard Church640 Amelia Avenue

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Two-page "Hi story of the Organ In 01 d Orchard Church, II undated andunsigned, from the church files.

Pamphlet on Old Orchard Church, by Rev. Ron Lutjens, some time afterJune 13, 1982, from the church files.

St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds.

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/58 X 126- ./.<2. Furtt sr Descnpnon 01 Important Features The present owner is endeavoring to '"upgrade the building which has suffered since the new church was ~ ~

built. The red rrick structure has two symentrica1 towers. The

way with e1iptica1 fanlight. The entrance is flanked on each side'~ ~. ~by small arched windows with brick re1 ief arches. Above the entrarce / (/) ~

is a large eight-part rose window and above it a small ronde1 window... q-The sO'lthQast end SQ6ItR'",'8St -= -= ~~~ (_'_.L~.__ ..J'~ ,/ ~

43 Hlslory and SI!lnlllCance The new par-ish in Fenton was founded in 1878 at the direction of Arch- c-t

bishop Peter Kenrick. The first frame building was completed the next year. !twas servedat first by the pastor of Assumption Church in ~~attese. The brick church was started in1917, but the date on the cornerstone is 1918. A new church was started at 465 NorthHighway 141 in 1958. It was dedicated by Archbishop Ritter in 1959. (continued)

44 Oescnpuon ot Environment and Outbuildings Across the street, the old school hall is now ShootersChoice Archery. A fast food restaurant is located uncomfortably close to the west side ofthe church. The church stands in a prominent position at the head of Main Street.

45 Sources o.l.'ntormation

A1 Wallach, et a1, "History of Fenton," no date.St. Loui s County Recorder of Deeds.On site inspection.

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occupied by square towers. At the first level of the towers are singlearched windows with relief arches. The second level has a tall archwindow with relief arch., The third level is defined by a still larger,louvered arched opening with the tower topped by a multi-hip roof withfinials. The east and west side elevations have two tiered buttressesframing each bay. The tops of all the butresses are capped with stone.

The interior has a shallow balcony on two iron posts. The rectangularchancel has an arched ceiling. The three chancel windows are boarded up.The other windows are all damaged. They depict the twelve apostles andfour evangelists on a transfer print type of art glass. The sacristy andvestry on each side of the chancel each have a rose window.

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A cemetery was established west of Fenton on Gravois Road in 1889. Aparochial school opened in 1921. A building was erected in 1927 acrossthe road from the church, but it was demolished after a new school openedat the new church site in 1960.

The present owner of the church repairs organs and intends to use thespace as a workroom and showroom.

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19~ ft'<:2 Furn er Description 01 Important Features Thls Norman Romanesque church, s bUllf~ /'/ <.1'

of rock-faced native white limestone, with door and window frame, "'-J 9tracery and coping of Bedford cut stone. The steep gabled roof is ~ ¥"of green sl ate. A massive square tower with a crenela ted parapet Pholo N zis at the west side of the front of the building. The gabled para- ./~~~pet on the facade has dressed 1imestone coping and a stone Celti./ ;fi ~cross at the peak. Principal features of the facade are a large ,/ ~rose W; odow, a ga b] ed entry nf"\r(" h w; th ( ("no+; nIlPd),/ :::r

43 History dnd SI!lOlftcance Our Lady of Lourdes parish began on May 7, 1916, when the Rev. Francis g'J. O·Connor celebrated the first mass there in a new stucco-faced Spanish Mission Re- ~vival chapel. Built by the Rev. O'Connor with his own funds, this first building with ~its picturesque shaped gable was east of the site of the present church. A school opened ~one year later, held first in the nearby home of Mrs. Clemence Benoist· Faris. (cont'd) 0-

44 Descnpuon of Environment and OUlbuildings The church property is in a residential neighborhood withhouses and dupl exes about the same age or sl ightly newer than the church. Forsyth is arelatively busy artery and bus route from Washington University into downtown Clayton.

45 Sources or.Intorrnauon

Our Lady of Loyrdes Parish.booklet published for the1986, church office.

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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church7152 Forsyth Boulevard

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a compound-arched doorway, double doors with ornamental wrought-ironhardware, heavy buttresses and the tower; small arched windows are oneither side of the door. Each side of the top level of the four-leveltower is divided into two parts, each with a window set within a compoundarch on small engaged columns, and a decorative blind arcade above it.The second and third levels have a single, small, arched window on eachside, and the ground level has large arched openings, front and back, nowglassed in but originally forming a porte-cochere. A pair of heavy stonebuttresses is at each corner of the tower. A small semicircular chapelwith a conical roof is on the east side of the building near the front.Each side of the nave has only two bays, with pointed arched stained glasswi ndows, before meet.i ng the transept. The transept ends each have acompound, three-gable roof, with an arched window or doorway beneath eachgable, and buttresses between the bays; a small entry porch with a gableroof and arched doorway is in the south bay of the west transept. Thechancel is square··headed and has three tall narrow lancet windows. A tallstone chimney rises from the southeast corner of the building.

A rectory is attached to the church near the rear of the east transept,contemporary with the building and matching it in materials but resemblingan English manor house.

John Rothensteiner (reference below) described the church as a IIfineexample of a typical English Parish church of Rural England as was builtand slowly added to and developed during several centuries and severalsuccessive architectural styles and periods. 1I

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(She was a daughter of Louis Benoist, the builder of Oakland.) On October14,1917, the cornerstone was laid for the present stone church, designedby Study, Farrar &McMahon. Study &Farrar were known for their revival­style residential and church work, principally in the West End, UniversityCity and Clayton. William P. McMahon was also a designer of houses andlived in the new parish. His son Bernard McMahon, later also anarchitect, attended Lourdes school, class of 1926 (p. 56 of SeventiethAnniversary booklet). later Catholic churches by Study &Farrar were St.Luke the Evangelist, Richmond Heights, in 1929 with Rothenheber; and St.Mary Magdalen, Brentwood, in 1944. Lourdes was dedicated on October 26,1919, the archf tects receiving "tnmedi ate acclaim for the detail andexcellence of their Norman-Gothic desf qn ," On completion of the new$80,000 church, the school moved into the stucco chapel under thedirection of the Sisters of St. Joseph. In September 1928, the studentsmoved into a new stone building behind the church at the corner of Asburyand Northmoor; the stucco chapel was demolishd soon afterward. In 1929,the Farises gave their house to the parish for use as a convent.

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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church7152 Forsyth Boulevard

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(Also in 1929 Mrs. Faris' son, the Rev. Charleville B. Faris, foundedAnnunziata parish in Ladue, where he remained as pastor until his death in1963.) In 1939, the carving of the sanctuary arch was completed andarchitect Guy Stuc~ wrote to the Rev. O'Connor describing the origin ofmany of the interior details, naming specific French and English churchesfrom which they were adapted and citing books with illustrations of Normanand Gothi c archi tecture whi ch i nspi red him. Growth of the pari sh 1ed toconstruction, in 1963, of a new school building; the 1928 school wassubsequently demolished for a playground. Building projects since thattime have included, after 1977, changes to the altar to conform with theguidelines of Vatican II; and, in 1985, conversion of the convent (oldFaris house) to the Parish Center, and adaptation of a house at 7136Forsyth as a residence for the Lourdes School Sisters.

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Rothensteiner, John, History of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, St. Louis,Blackwell-Wielandy, 1928.

Hamilton, Esley, "Catholic Parishes in St. Louis County," unpublishedlist, office of St. Louis County Parks Department.

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~2. Further Descnpuo« of Impollanl Featu,res The clay for the brick used tn the ~ / ...construction of the church in 1871 was, according to tradition. dug ~and fired within a quarter mile of the site. The craftsmen who erec ed bthe walls possessed a great deal of skill. By corbeling the courses Pholo ~

of brick below the eaves and soffits they created shallow consoles or / .~~brackets. Recesses with semicircular heads define the three bays of / ~the facade and the five bays on the south and north si des. A similar' ~1evel of skill j n bricklay; nn ic: 0\';,.1",,+ ;'" +ho (,..,..."'+;'" ,.....1\ :...

43 Hlslory and S'!lOIhcanCtl The conqreqa tion is descri bed as havi ng used a vari ety of names in the '0;"time between its orgainzation in 1838 and the construction of this brick church in 1871. 1ft

Originally known as the Deutsch Evangelisch Kirche, or German Evangelical Congregation of the f1River Des Peres, it underwent division in 1846 when a majority of the members decided to ~erect a church on Manchester Road. That was termed the Evangel ical Manchester Read C~urc~,and services were held ir:l a, 1 ... " h ,;1 ..H_.... T t, ~ "1;"';<"+"'" ~~..l + ....~~+~~- (,...nnHnllorll

44 Descllpllon of Envuonmenl and Outbuildings A one-story, frame structure iss i tua ted to" the north ofthe church. It is now U-shaped with hip roofs on all three sections. Both of the extensionsat the rear were added after 1938 and the original section would appear to have been builtc. 1920. The frame building was originally used as a school at which children of (continued)

45 Sourc... 0" Info,matlon 46. Prepared by

Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church, lOath Anniversary (n ,p . 1938) I i...l IIc,...hll ;++1"

J. Thomas Scharf, History of St. l"ouis and St. Louis County, "7.0rganlZilhon

(Philadelphia, 1883) p. 1913 St lOt is r.ollntv p;:lrhInterview with Rev. Davis Lewellan, June, 1981. (continued) 48. Date 49 ReVISion Dale(sl

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enclosed porch at the front entrance but it was created in 1938. Aphotograph published in the booklet issued by the congragation on theoccasion of its centennial celebration shows that there was then only adouble door, surmounted by a fanlight, at the principal entry. The presentporch has a si nql e bay on each si de -- the doorway at the front and astained-glass window on the north and south. Those bays are defined byarch-headed recesses created by changing the plane of the surface of thebrick. Two brick pilasters were created at each side of the doorway and thesame type of br i ckl ayf nq was utilized on the sides of the porch. Thosepilasters reflect an effort to duplicate the treatment of the spaces betweenthe recesses in the original part of the building. While the porch is theproduct of remodel tnq completed little more than forty years ago, it iscompatible with the earliest work.

Stone panels are set into the sides of the porch. That on the north wasoriginally placed above the old main entrance. It has an inscription inraised lettering: "Deutsch Evan. Zions Kirche A.D. 1871." The panel on thesouth wall has an incised inscription: "lion Evangelical and Reformed ChurchA.D. 1838-1938."

There is only one opening in the east, or rear, wall of the church -- acircular, louvered ventilator in the gable.

The bell tower and spire rest on a two-part, stepped base. Louveredventilators with semicircular heads are present on all four sides of thebell tower. The ocatagonal spire has a pyramidal base and is topped by a71 tall cross wired for illumination. That cross was a donation from amember of the congregation in 1932. The entire steeple appears to be cladin aluminum.

The existing glazing is all the result of the remodeling conducted in theyears surroundi n'g the congregati on I s centenni al . A commi ttee formed in 1937was successful in gaining donations for the purchase and installation ofstained glass as a replacement for the clear glass which had previously beenused. Until 1937-1938 each bay contained a double-hung window with 6-over-61i ghts and what appears to have been a fi xed wi ndow made up of si xrectangular lights and a 4-1ight, semicircular head.

The westernmost Days on both the north and south walls were the subject ofeven more extensive change. Photographs taken in 1938 show that both werethen filled with brick. They now contain stained-glass windows. The bottomsection of all the stained-glass windows is pivoted. The glass is richlycolored and forms geometric patterns and illustrations of aspects of thelife of Christ. Stained-glass also fills the fanlight above the double doorat the principal entrance and the circular opening in the center of thefacade. That circular opening had clear glass set into it until 1937-1938.The present stained glass there is not visible from the floor of the

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sanctuary becausE~ the organ was placed in front of it during the course ofinterior remode1'ing at the time of the centennial.

The easternmost bay on the north side of the church contains a door withstained glass inset at its top. The space above the door is also filledwith stained glass, giving this bay a visual similarity to the four otherbays on the north wall.

Brick chimneys rl s tnq through the roof just inside the eaves were presenton both the north and south sides when the structure was photographed inthe late 1930's. They have been removed, as has the stepped, wooddecoration which was affixed to the roof above the verge on the facade.That wood trim was apparently discarded when composition shingles wereapplied to the roof in 1937-1938. The brick chimneys survived that workand the date of their removal has not been ascertained.

Work done in June 1981 has caused a part of the finely-squared stone ofthe foundation to be covered. Vibrations created by vehicular traffic onBallas Road caused cracks to develop in the brick walls. To combat theproblem, a retaining wall of reinforced and stressed concrete wasconstructed around the whole of the building. The exterior was paintedwhite in 1930. Work done in 1981 includes the removal of the paint. Asealant was appl'ied to brick after removal of the paint.

Interior remode1'ing in 1928 caused widespread change. The pulpit untilthen was approximately 9 1 tall. The pedestal on which it rests was thenshortened. The pulpit is now reached by three steps flanked by curvedrails set on turned balusters. The heavy newel posts are also turned.Prior to 1928, tile pulpit was situated at the center of the east wall andthe altar table \~as located in front of it. That continued to be trueuntil 1937-1938 when the organ was taken away from the wall to the northof the pulpit and relocated in the choir 10ft. The pulpit was thereuponmoved to the north and a new lectern was placed to the south of thecentral altar. All three pieces of furnishing are stained in dark brown.A tall cabinet w'ith hinged doors that stood along the southern part of theeast wall when a photograph was made before 1928 has been taken away.

The interior wal'ls were also remodeled in (or after) 1928. That on theeast, behind the altar and pulpit, previously had a shallow recess with anarched head. The surface of the recess was then covered by ei therdecorative painting or wallpaper. The balance of the east wall wascovered with a monochromatic paint.

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During the remodeling, pieces of thin wood were used to create threearch-headed units of simulated stone quoins, voussoirs and keystones asbackdrops for thE! ecclesiastical furnishings. The wood is now paintedwhite, creating (l contrast with the cream-colored plaster around it. Suchsimulated stonework is also present at the jambs and heads of thewi ndows. It extends down to the floor.

The seating arrangement was altered in 1928. Up to that date, there werethree rows of pe\ls; two rows butting against the side walls and one row inthe center. The new arrangement created a center aisle and two sideaisles which run along the walls. The existing pews were unlike thoseshown in the photograph taken before 1928.

The space at the rear of the sanctuary underwent change in 1928 and againin 1937-38. The earlier work included the installation of a "doublecenter door from lobby" and apparently the sealing-off of doorways whichhad previously opened into the old aisles. The present entrance hasdouble doors in which stained glass panels were set in 1937-1938. Thedoors are flanked by rectangular, stained-glass windows. The glazing alsodates from 1937-1938.

The space between the exterior and interior doorways is divided into threeparts: a central lobby, a room on the north which houses the heatingsystem, and a cloakroom at the south of the lobby. The most easterly ofthe stained-glass windows -- those set into the bays which were filledwith brick until after 1938 -- are within the rooms off the lobby.

The choir loft is reached by a stair attached to the interior wall at thesouth of the main entrance. That stair runs across the stained-glasswindow in the southern part of the facade.

The front part of the choir loft is made of wooden panels set withinsquare posts. The panel s are decorated wi th rectangl es made from woodmolding and may, with the pulpit, be the sole interior features thatpre-date 1928.

The acoustical tile ceiling above the sanctuary replaces what is believedto have been a wooden ceil i ng. The joi sts above it run from the east tothe west.

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in reaction to a lawsuit, broke away from that congregation to form theGerman Evangelical Congregation on Ballas Road. A new church building wasdedicated there on January 3, 1850.

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principal facade seems to be the one facing west-north-west, looking z 9out from a hillside above Pasadena Avenue. From this view, a square ~ ~tower with a broad overhang and hip roof is at the left. At the right Photo ~ zis the main body of the building, the forward projecting section ./ .~ es ~having roof and three windows under a heavy, connecting lintel, /' ':5f ~and two stepped-back sect tons.one with a chamfered corner; these ,/ ~ 0'1

sections each have a hipped t'nnf" ~r,,-l IAI;r.".lnlAlC: (t'nntinllorl' ,/ ~~43 HISlory dnd S'!lnillcance The rock-faced concrete block portion of this building was erected in ?ti N

1910 by the Nelson Presbyterian Church. Nelson Presbyterian had its beginnings in ].~January 1907 as a community Sunday School, with no name, meeting first in a "mansion" at ~ ~4023 Cedarwood. In 1909, the Sunday school moved to the Arcade Building at 6419 Pasadena n~Boulevard, by a street car stop for the Kenwood Springs picnic grounds,' (continued) ~~

44 Oescnpuon ot Environment and Oulbuildmgs The church is in a hilly residential neighborhood, with g.~

mostly early twentieth century housing of frame construction. The front of the oldchurch is on a hill overlooking Pasadena Avenue, once the right-of-way for the Kirkwood-Ferguson streetcar line. The new auditorium faces Oxford, at Oakwood. (continued)

45 Sources o.t.lnlormallon 46. Prepared byNelson Presbyterian Church, 17th Anniversary Celebration Booklet, Judy Little

1985, church office. 47. OrganizationInterview with Nelson Presbyterian Church secretary and pastor, St. Louis County Parks

March 13, 1992. 448/'902ale 104 9. Hevrsron Datets)

continued

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Pine Lawn Glen Echo Baptist Church,Nelson Presbyterian Church,6502 Oxford Lane

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The walls of the building are of concrete block cast to resemble rock-facedstone. In contrast, the window sills, lintels, string courses and watertable all appear to be of dressed stone but may be smooth cast concrete.The walls of the exposed basement (the lot is sloped toward the northwest)are of smooth concrete, scored to look like dressed stone. The Oxfordfacade has an open concrete porch attached to the tower where the main dooris located. The doorway and a small window to the right are under a singlelintel. The door is modern, with molding to resemble paneling. To theleft of the tower is a section with a broad window and a hipped roof. Theroof over all sections of the building has generous eaves with levelsoffits. All the main floor windows have been filled with split-facedconcrete block. The 1-over-1 basement windows have beveled openings. Leftof the old section, a new (l951) auditorium has been added, with a vaulted,corrugated metal roof, Quonset hut style. To the southwest is a framebuilding with a gable roof.

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and took the name Kenwood Sunday School. (Bethesda Lutheran Church alsobegan in the Arcade building, meeting under the name of the Kenwood SpringsMission Society; perhaps the Mission Society and Sunday School were thesame organization.) A lot was then purchased at Oxford Lane and OakwoodAvenue, a site on a hill overlooking the streetcar tracks, and meetingsmoved to a tent there. After the tent blew down, the group met in thebasement of Garfield School where the church was organized and named NelsonPresbyterian Church for Lewis C. Nelson, a St. Louis banker whose home wasat Natural Bridge and Melba and who, though not a Presbyterian, became asupporter of the church. During the spring and summer of 1910, thefoundation was dug for a building on the lot on Oxford. The building waserected of concrete blocks, which were then so new that metropolitannewspapers carried articles about this new construction method. In 1920,the church was incorporated, and through these early years receivedfinancial support from the West Presbyterian Church as part of its missionwork. In April 1924, Nelson attained self-support and grew with the

. development of the area.

With the opening of Uplands Park subdivision to the southwest, Lewis Nelsonoffered the church two lots a few blocks away at 6500 Natural Bridge. Thecongregation built a new church there and moved in 1932. In leaving,Nelson Presybterian removed tha large stained glass window for installationin their new building.

Pine Lawn Baptist was founded in 1933 in the old Nelson Presbyterian Churchbuilding, which was first rented and then purchased in 1934 from NelsonPresbyterian. By 1937, a four-room addition had been constructed and in

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Pine Lawn Glen Echo Baptist Church,Nelson Presbyterian Church,6502 Oxford Lane

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March, 1943, an educational building was erected and a baptistry added inthe main building. In 1945, a basement auditorium was built, followed in1951 by a new auditorium addition. At some point the first floor windowsin the old section of the building were filled with split-faced concreteblocks. On August 16, 1970, Glen Echo Baptist Church of Hillsdale mergedwith Pine Lawn Baptist and the name became the Pine Lawn-Glen Echo BaptistChurch.

The use of concrete block in this church relates it to two groups ofconcrete block houses built in the West End of St. Louis in 1905 and 1906,mostly to designs of A. Blair Ridington and Edward F. Nolte. Houses in theOakherst Place and Goodfellow-Julian districts also employ Arts and Craftsidioms.

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Pine Lawn, incorporated in 1947, shares a boundary with the City of St.Louis.

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Benz, Doris and Windt, Barbara Ann, Normandy, History of Normandy,Normandy School District, September, 1973.

St. Loui s County Atlas, 1909.

On site inspection.

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rubbl e with a gabl e roof. The basic form remai ns but with the addi t lon . ~ ~(following a fire in 1934) of stone-capped parapet walls at the Photo :;: ~

gabl e ends, heavy stone buttresses at the sides, and a small stohe ./~ ~entry porch. These additions, together with the Gothic arch design / in

of the stained glass in the original rectangular window openings .,~give the ~resent 9b1ilding e ,..~ ... h,:~ "':,~.'- -,~~~ ....:~ ,~~,.... b-

43 HIstory ano Sill .1Icance Rock Hill Presbyterian is the oldest church bui l dinq west of the rsMississippi in which Presb~'terian services have been continuously held. Des Peres ~and Bonhomme churches are older but have not been continuously in use. The building ~was erected in 1845 on 1.7 acres on Manchester Road, land donated for the church byJames C. Marshall, Marshal"lls slaves quarried stone on the Marshall farm (continued)

44 Oescnpuon of Environment and Outbuildings The church parking lot is at the rear. The building is ona busy corner with commercial uses on all sides. Across the street, at 9430 Manchesteris "Fairfax," the house bunt in 1841 by James C. Marshall, donor of the land for RockHill Presbyterian. The house has been moved 300 feet from its original site at 9322.

45 Sources ot.lnlormallon

Historic American Buildings Surve~, 1965.Blann, Celeste Wagner, A History of Rock Hill, published by

Celeste Wagner Blann, 1976.Letter from Mrs. Fred E. Blann to Virginia Stith, Dec. 1, 1976.On site inspection. (continued)

46, Prepared by

Judy Little47. Organization

St. Louis Countv Parks;/;;Ie 149 ReVISIon Darers!

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Rock Hill Presbyterian Church9407 Manchester Road

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The walls are of rough limestone pieces of varying size and shape, butgenerally coursed" The sills and lintels of the windows are of dressedlimestone. The stone entry porch has an arched doorway, a buttesssed frontwall and small windows in the side walls. A modern educational wing isattached across the back wall and extends to the side, forming an "L". Thenew wing has a basement which is exposed on the back due to the sloping site.

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and did most of the construction work. Dr. Artemus Bullard of the FirstPresbyterian Church of St. Louis organized the church at the request of Mr.Marshall, on March 2, 1845. Dr. Bullard named the church "Rock Hill"because of its 1ocatt on on a rough, hilly road and two 1arge rockprojections in the area. The church served a large area in St. LouisCounty, eventuall:~, as the population increased, becoming the foundingchurch for the Webster Groves Presbyterian Church and the Webster GrovesCongregational Church, both in 1866. A manse was built in 1869, and achurch hall in 1912; both buildings were east of the church and have beendemolished.

Alterations include the installation of stained glass windows in 1932,donated by the family of William L. White. (An early photograph shows12-over-12 clear glass double-hung windows, as well as louvered shutters.)Following a fire in 1934, the gable ends (shown in an early photo to haveoverhanging eaves) were raised and stone coping added, forming parapetwalls; the roof was also replaced. The stone entry porch was also added in1935, as well as sto~e buttresses, built to strengthen the side walls, andthe center portion of the end wall was opened to enlarge the chancel andchoir area, built on top of a stone-walled newly added ground leveladdition. (The original doorway was a simple rectangle with dressed stonelintel and sill.) The architect for the 1935 rebuilding was Charles L.Thurston of Webster Groves. In 1949 a ground level building was constructedat the rear of the church. An educational wing was built on top of it in1958, designed by P. John Hoener &Associates. The interior of thesanctuary was restored in 1988.

The church has served the same parish sice its organization. The chancelfurniture is believed to be original to the church. The choir rail,salvaged from St. Lawrence O'Toole Roman Catholic Church in north St. Louis,dates from 1866. The original pewter sacramental vessels for communion andbaptism are on permanent display and are used today. The building has beenrecognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution, who installed aplaque in 1932, and by the Presbyterian Historical Society of Philadelphia,which registered the bUilding as American Presbyterian and ReformedHistori ca1 Site Number 70.

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Rock Hill Presbyteri an Church9407 Manchester Road

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East-West Gateway Historic Preservation Task Force Survey, 1979.

East-West Gatew~f Historic Sites Inventory, July, 1980.

West County Journal, "Rock Hill Presbyterian Celebrates 145 Years ," byMikhalina Karlna~arch, 11, 1990.

Missouri Historic Sites Catalog MSHS, p. 170.

Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy, Celebration of Beginnings, 1991, p. 60.

Undated pamphlet on the history of the church, from the church office,February, 1992.

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.:2 Fum sr DescriptIOn 01 Important Feature!, rms large brtck church lS distlngUi.~ -:by its tall spire, fine brickwork and Romanesque details. The sp rehas a high peak, mul t t-f'aceted slate roof, with clocks in the prejectin_ .gables on all four sides, and is crowned with a cross. The level of Pholo

the tower housing the bel l s has tall, arched, louvered openings end ./.~chamfered corners. Wi ndows all have Romanesque-arched heads, man~ ./defined with ornamental brick labels. Bands of corbelled brick ../ >arches decorate gables, ranT lin"" " ...1'1 n+hoV' hnV';'7n ...bl f"""+IlV'O'" ,/t,..n...+; ... ,,,1'1' ~

43 History ano Slqnlllcance Sacred Hear-t was organized in Valley Park on November 14, 1903, the ~

fi rst exampl e of the effort of Archbishop Gl ennon to strengthen 01 der country pari shes ..(0

and organize new ones. The mother church was to the east in Manchester. The new parishhad thirty-one families of German, Irish and Bohemian descent, and through the openingof St. Louis Plate Glass Company, received many members. (continued)

44 Descnpuon 01 Environment and OutbUildings The parking lot is situated to the east of the church,and commercial buildings behind and to the west. A parsonage/rectory is to the northof the church, near other res ldent tal structures to the north. The rectory is a two­story structure with hipped roof and appears to be of the same period and materials.

45 SOUfCllS ol.lnlormallon 46. Prepared by

Rothsteiner, John, History of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Judy LittleSt. Louis, Blackwell-Wie'landy, 1928. 47.0rgalllzatlon

Thomas, Will iam L., Histor'l of St. loyjs County, 1911. St.Louis County Parks484·/D9a2te

149. Hevrsron Date(s)(continued)

Sacred Heart Church of Valley Park10-16 Ann Avenue

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Dressed white 1iJAestone string courses, sills, coping, finials, butresscaps, stairs and foundation further ornament the building. Windows arecompositions of arched and circular lights, and the large circular window onthe facade is composed of eight small circles around a larger centercircle. Above the circular window is a pair of small arched windows, andabove that is a marble statue of the Sacred Heart as Savior. The shallow,gabled entry porch has a compound arch entryway, in brick with a pair oflimestone columns on each side; a semi-circular transom light is over thedouble doors, which have round-headed panels. The entry is raised fourteensteps above qrade, The ends of the transept are gabled, detailed similarlyto the main ent~v, and contain smaller versions of the front circularwindow. The sf de elevations have two-tiered buttresses between the bays,and tall, round-arched, three-part windows. The apse is semi-circular witha slate roof. The main roof is clad in gray asphalt shingle. The raisedbasement, faced 'Ni th cut 1imestone, has an entrances at that 1eve1 ,including a handicapped entrance added about 1980. The church is 135 feetin length and 46 feet wide, broadening to 54 feet at the transept.Estimated seating is 500. The cornerstone has the date September 1,1907.

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The first building, used as a school, teachers' residence and church, openedOctober 23, 1904, but suffered a fire in 1906. It was continued in use as aschool until the new one was built in 1967. Thomas says in 1911 that it wascalled the First Catholic Church School BUilding of Valley Park in histime. A cornerstone for the present church was laid by Archbishop Glennonon September 1, 1907, and the bUilding was dedicated by Vicar-General Hoogon July 4, 1908.

The church is the third oldest surviving Catholic church building in St.Louis County and, the second oldest which is still being used as a parishchurch. The Shrine of St. Ferdinand and Sacred Heart Church, both inFlorissant, are the others; 1880 and 1883/1893, respectively. The 137-footspi re and high-s,ty1 e archi tecture make Sacred Heart one of the mostprominent visual landmarks in Valley Park.

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in a gabled brick frame. Above it is a large three-part Gothicwindow with white-painted tracery. Small lancet windows are toeach side. On the east side of the facade is an octagonal turrettopped by tall arched insets and a battl emented parapet. The west }hot~o ;? ~corner is occupi ed by a 1arqer rectangul ar tower with spire. It /' ~ ~has buttresses at the corner-s of each face rising at the top to , / ,/ . :,-

._.'p.j~~_a..~les and gabled parapets. The tall base of the tower has r 04J 11'''101 ,

<;11l1 S''1Il1llcance This conoreoat ion received its first constitution in 18/1·') and cono l eted ~

a log structure on this s i tef n 1851. The land vas donated by llenry Kl ausneyer , one ofthe founders of the church, nost of ~hom cane from the region of Bielefeld, Germany. Abrick church was completed in 18G1. The present building was dedicated on flovember 12,1899. Some services were conducted in German as late as the 1950's. The conoreoation

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school stands at the rear of this lot and at right angles to the church. Across thestreet and up a hill is another parki~g lot with the older church school building.

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(1911) Vol.I,p.313.

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stone, which is al so used for the water table in front, the parapeti.o fthe front gable and as stringcourses on both towers.

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In 1911 this was described as "an architecturally beautiful andreligiously influential Lutheran church." At that time it had one of thelargest congregations in the county, with over 450 communications and 700total members.

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59, 60& 61, Block 14 and lots 17 Oal"l) Of' PefiOCl under additinn No II • c.,63, 64 & parts of (conti nu sd l 1870 I(1C:\ I I "lese 30. FountJallon Malellal r-<

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is given in a stone panel set into the front wall above the center cw -bay. An inscription cut into it reads: "Methodist.1870. Episcopal ~';.

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by hand. Both the roof of the church and the spire ~re covered with rocompos Hjoo s hj ogl es, Jarge .::l nrl r1hm", ...r1_c h:lnorl ..."'.... +;...lllorn III

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~3 Hlslory ..nd Sl!lnl"c.nc~ Ballwin was platted by John Ball in 1837, who then set aside a full block -sfor the Methodist Episcopal Church and a school house, and an adjoining tract for a cemetery :;t;I

0Ball came to this area in the late 1790's and became converted to Methodism in 1809. Ball OJCl.became a "c1ass 1eader" of the first backwoodsmen and settlers, holding classes in his cabin

between the times when a circuit-riding preacher would come. By 1827, Ball (continued)44 Oescnpuon ot Envuonment and OU,bUliOlngs A par king lot is on the west side of the property. The

church faces Manchester Road, a busy commercial thoroug hfa re in a rapidly developing area.a1though a few older structures survive.

45 Soule", 0" Inlormatlon 46. Prepared byAlong the Trail, Vo1.1 (January, 1969) unpaged. Lindenbusch/Li ttl eWallace, Cover1y Scott, A History of Ballwin, Ball wi n 1979. 47. Organ.zatlonShankland, Warren M., Ballwin in the Beginni ng, (n. p. , 1960) D. 17. St. I oui s f'nllnt\l D.::lY'L-<::

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Salem United Methodist Church of Ballwin311 Manchester Road

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57 and 58, Block 15, Ballwin subdivision.

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Windows on the upper level of the facade, opening into the choir loft,have semicircular heads and the lights have been cut to that shape. Theopenings on the main floor have segmentally-~rched heads, as does the door.All of the material used to fill the doorway is of recent vintage: adouble door with diamond-shaped lights and a skylight of Florentine glass.

The brick arches over the upper windows project beyond the surface of thewall and run between brick quoins at each corner and brick pilasters whichdivide the facade into three distinct bays.

Brick quoins also apear at the rear of the structure. With three brickpi1asters, they difi ne the four bays on each si de of the church. Theuppermost bricks of each quoin and pilaster are corbeled to simulate acapital. Each bay contains a window with a semicircular head, 9-over-9lights, and five-light heads. All of the glass is clear.

Another opening may have originally existed on the facade since there is acircle created by bricks within the gable. The center of that circle isnow filled with brick that is of a slightly different color than theremainder of the wall. The original wall no longer exists. It wasremoved during the mid-1960's when the sanctuary was enlarged. A frameaddition was erected then as part of a major expansion which also includedthe construction of the present brick office and nursery wing at the rearof the sanctuary.. That marked the second building program undertaken bythe congregation during the past thirty years, the first having in the1950's produced a bri ck recreati on hall to the northeast of the church.The work done in the 1960·s caused the recreation hall to be joined to therest of the complex. Until then, it was a free-standing building. Someadditions have shed roofs. The frame extension from the sanctuary iscovered with clapboards. A large new addition beneath a gable roof hasbeen built to the west, attached to the northwest corner.

Anchor plates fOl~ reinforcing rods are visible in several places on theexterior of the old section of the church. Those include the corners atthe front of the structure and the spaces imnediately above the threenortherly windows on each side.

The interior shows signs of extensive remodeling but also a variety oforiginal features. The choir loft above the lobby at the south side ofthe sanctuary has a balustrade with turned balusters. Panels suspendedfrom tracks in the ceiling can be used to close off the loft.

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Salem United Methodist Church of Ballwin311 Manchester Road

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There are now four-teen pews on each si de of the center ai sl e. The twel vethat are closest to the altar are lighter in color and they are well­crafted reproductions of the earlier carpentry on the sixteen remainingpews. The reproductions were created when the sanctuary underwentenlargement in the 1960's. The work done then created the whole of thespace now used for the altar and pulpit. Windows with designs invitrified colors are set into the wall behind the altar.

The original l ocat'i on of the rear wall of the sanctuary is still madeapparent by a line created at the point where the old plaster joins thenew.

There is no basement under the original building and its walls rest on astone footing or water table. The combination nursery and office additiondoes have a basement from which there is access to a crawl-space beneaththe older section of the church.

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was providing space for services in his carding mill in Manchester. Thefounding of the congregation came in 1847. In 1855 a small white framebuilding (some say a log cabin) was erected for a church. The burialground was marked out at this time. The present brick building wasconstructed in 1870 for $4,500, and has been in continuous use sincethen. The main sanctuary exterior remains in its original form, althoughthe interior has been remodeled more than once. An educational wing wasadded in 1951 and, in about 1958, the sanctuary was enlarged with theaddition of a ne\~ altar and choir area and several new pews. Shutters tofit the round-headed windows are shown in some early photos, but onlyhinges remain.

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Interview with Oliver Blinnes, June 1981.

On site inspection.

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with blank side panels but was probably a double door originally ./ ?t ~It has a tall three-part pointed window above it. Narrower ./;;1 ~lancet windows flank the entry and line the Fourth Street side. Photo ~ ;The east side has a large three-point window similar to on.e over ./,~ 0 ~the front door but deeper. This side is composed as a large cros./ ~ egable, with the right side extended downward to take in a double //... :::::6entry it ground 1evel. A 50C "'",.n +n"'",, .. ; CoC f\"nm +h; e;, " /7 f'nn·H nllQr! 1 I'D ......

43 H,sloryandS'onllicance The Valley Park Land Company donated the land for this church,which r:;;was originally named The Scruggs Chapel ~1ethodist Episcopal Church South in honor of ~ ~

one of the founders of Scruggs. Vandervoort and Barney department store, who hel ped to S".)::ofinance it. After his death the church became Scruggs Memorial. The flood of 1915 im- ~;;

peded growth of the town and of the church. The basement was inserted under the (contd) n ~

44 Description of Environment and Outbuildil1gsThe parsonage for the church is behind it at 219 Fourth ~~~00<:JQI~

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History of the United Methodist Churches of Missouri,Seaton, ed. (Missouri Methodist Historical Society,

St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds.On site inspection.

Valley Park United Methodist ChurchMeramec Valley Baptist ChurchScruggs Memorial Methodist Church401 Vest Avenue

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its top stage is fitted with louvered panels. A brick chimney rises fromthe front corner. The main entry opens on a stoop reached from stairsdescending in both directions along the front wall.

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church, raising its height, in 1938. At the time of the church's 50thanniversary in 1954, the front steps were rebuilt, and the lower basemententrance was created. Five and a half acres were acquired in 1960 at 436Meramec Station Road, and this building was sold to the Meramec ValleyBaptist Church. A new Valley Park Methodist Church was finally dedicatedin 1971. The Baptists rededicated the present building on November 26,1961, and were admitted to the Baptist Association in 1962. Thecongregation was originally a mission of Kirkwood Baptist Church. Theflood of 1982 put water four feet deep in the main auditorium, but thatdamage tood has been repaired.

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/308 X 144(2 Fum er Descnpuon of Imporlant Features St. Jacobi is a white frame gabl.e-roc~ .:/) .."

structure, with a corner tower. The tower is finished with two ccrnic . g; ~they originally formed the base for a steeply pitched hipped roof, . ~ ~which has si nee been removed. At the top 1evel of the tower are Pholo c... ~round-arched louvered openings for the bells, and at the first-floor ~.~~ ~level are rectangular windows with stained glass. The gable end / 3. eof the building has at the center a stained glass window in the .' ~form of across not ori gi n~' .l-~ .l-h~ .... ,':'..1'; M I_ ..!.J \ ,/ VI

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43 History and SI!lnlflcancll St. Jacobi Evangel ical Lutheran Church was formally organized on July 17, M­Ol1906. Charter members were of German descent and several were members of Ebenezer Luthe- M-......

ran Church in Baden, Grace Lutheran Church in Wellston and Bethlehem Lutheran Church in 0::lHyde Park. Jennings is on the border of the City of St. Louis and could be reached from

downtown St. Louis via the Wabash Railroad which stopped at the Jennings Station. (conte!) ~

44 Descnpuon of Envjronmenl and Oulbuildirtgs Two-story brick school is south of the church, across an .e:asphalt parking lot. The school faces the church, with the west end to the street. East ~

of church is a l~-story frame residence. The school building appears to be fifties vin- ~tage. The church office is located there as well as an early learnina and (continued)

45 Sources ot.Intorrnauon <16. Prepared by

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Lis t of Jenni ngs churches from Linda Schmerber, Pres i dent of the ,.,. I nrd c D..... 1.... ):>

Jenni ngs Hi stori ca1 Soc i ety, 1991. <1

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St. Jacobi Evangelical Lutheran8626 Jennings Station Road/2042 McLaran Avenue

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The roof has medium-width eaves with returns. On the south side at thefront, a shed-roofed addition has been attached, continuing the roof butat a gentler sl ope . In this addition are two doors providing the mainentry from the parkf nq lot. The side elevations each have two triplewindows and a large arched window into the sanctuary. The large windowsare in sections which project slightly forming the transept and are undergabled roofs which meet the main gable a few feet below its peak. All thewindows have stained glass. Shallow buttresses, clad in siding above thestone base, divide the bays. A small entry addition with a flat roof hasbeen placed at the east end of the building, with doors on the north andsouth onto McLaran and the parking lot. The entire building is clad innine-inch-wide siding, masking the difference between the originalbuilding and later additions. The rock-faced limestone base of thebuilding rises about four feet above grade, and includes at the northwestcorner a cornerstone reading liSt. Jacobi 1906 1922,11 reflecting two majorconstruction dates. The roof is clad in light gray asphalt shingles.

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The new organization purchased property at the corner of Jennings StationRoad and McLaran Avenue for the construction of a church and school.Early meetings were held at the home of Henry Gehner who was elected thefirst president on September 4, 1906. The cornerstone for the new churchwas laid on October 28, 1906, and during construction the growingcongregation rent.ed the Methodist chapel on Hord Avenue for Sundayafternoon worship. On February 24,1907, the combination church andschool, built at a cost of $5,000, was dedicated. Services were given inGerman in the morning and in English in the afternoon and, following thisprecedent, servic:es continued to be offered in both languages, German inthe mornings and English in the evenings. A parsonage was built on theeast side of the church later in 1907.

St. Jacobi assisted with the establishment of a mission congregation inthe Ferguson arecl,which dedicated its church on November 28, 1909. A reedorgan was purchased in 1912, the same year that electric lights wereinstalled in the church.

In 1922, the school, which had been attached to the church, was separatedand relocated el sewhere on the property and the superstructure of thechurch was completely rebuilt. The remodeled church was designed by anarchi teet named r~eyer, probably the A. Meyer who desi gned St. John I sEvangelical, Meh"lville, in 1922 and St. John's Evangelical on North Grandin 1923. St. Jacobi was rededicated on December 10, 1922. One of theimprovements was the inclusion of a second large stained glass window,liThe Good Sheperd,1I purhcased for $350. In 1935 a set of Degan chimes

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St. Jacobi Evangelical Lutheran8626 Jennings Station Road/2042 McLaran Avenue

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was dedicated, a gift from Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Biegener in memory of theirparents.

In 1975 extensiVE! renovations were completed. The original entrance onJennings Station Road as walled up and a new main entrance addition wasbuilt on the southwest corner of the church. The inside secondary doorswere also removed, as well as the entire balcony. Handicapped access wasprovided into thE~ northeast section of the building. Late in 1976 afaceted art glass window in the form of a cross was installed in the wallfacing Jennings Station; the orignal window was large with a round-archedhead, similar to those on the sides of the building. Early photos showthat the orignial entrance was through the base of the tower on theJennings Station side, also with a round-arched head and later with apedimented frame. A new altar, a lectern and pulpit paraments were alsoinstalled in 1979, gifts of the Ziegler family in memory of Pastor Ziegler.

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day care center. The grade school, which was closed for a period, willreopen in the fall of 1992. The 1906 school building is not on the siteand the original parsonage appears to have been replaced or greatlyremodeled.

Jennings Station Road is a relatively busy arterial road with commercialuses on both sidles. It has been widened recently, cutting into the churchlawn requiring construction of a concrete retaining wall. McLaran is aresidential stre,et, with turn of the century frame houses on the southside and a mix of teens, thirties and forties houses on the north side.The church property includes a parsonage to the east, and a large parkinglot and school bUilding to the south, in addition to the church.

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line by gables on either side. The front doors are sheltered by a / ,t;~'one-story porch of three unequal arches, with buttresses andawew'battlemented parapet. This front is flanked by unequal towers. The'. Photo ' :-one to the rig.ht or north is larger, ascending to a third floor I /'~~ ~belfry. I t has paired openi ngs on each face with ogee tracery over . / . :::.horizontal louvers. The corner buttresses and the center piers (cor;~rr ~- _. ' ~

41 HI"lory and SI()fllflcance St. John's Evangelical Church is one of the oldest German churches i n 'l/l-

Missouri. It was formed in 1838 at the same time as Zion Evangelical Church (now Parkway nUnited Church of Christ, a county historic site) by Holy Ghost Church in St. Louis (which Eis now located at 4916 Mardel). On October 15, 1840, the Evangelical Church Association ~of the West was organized in the parsonage of St. John's Church under the leadership of ~

44 De scr rpt ro n o r Envrr unrne nt ano OutbuIOdings---The address was formerly Sappi ngtonl3arrac ks-Road. Theintersection with Lindbergh Boulevard has been blocked, requiring access by means ofSouthtown Square.

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St. John's Evangelical Church11333 St. John's Church Road

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are topped by tiered stone pinnacles. These are also featur€d on"the,10\'Jer south tower, which has shorter but similar upper winQ9w~.•.. Th-e fargewindow over the main entry has perpendicular tracery. Abov~ thewin"dow isa terra-cotta inscription, "St. John's Evangelical Church-, AD 192'2," "andabove that is a lowered 1ancet opeai ng set under a terra-cotta~ 1~tel··thatcreates a cross pattern. A secondary entrance is on the north side of ~he

tower base. Church histories record that the furniture for the sanctuarywas provided by Maintowoc Church Furniture Company of WaukeSha,' .Wisconsin. Stained glass is by the Jacoby Art Glass Compan].

A three-bay wing extends south from the south transept. It ha~~p'airedwindows and a double door under wide pointed arches and three~p~ne.

toplights. The basement is high, permitting good-sized windows:Stone-capped buttresses frame the bays. Behind this wing is the educationbuilding added ir 1956, a plain brick modern structure. On the north sideis the newer education building with gymnasium, built in 1971. It too isa brick block, with tall stone framed window bays framed by buttresses,each with stone cap and attached downlight. The main entry is a three-baylink, stone-facec, with a canopy or marquee over the doors. A lower entryof two doors opens from the east side of the northwest wing.

43. continued

Rev~rend Edward Louis Nollau. This was the origin of the EvangelicalSynod, which merged with the Reformed Church in 1934 and the Congrega­tional Church in 1957 to form the United Church of Christ. Nollau was oneof the outstanding leaders of the early church, a founder of a hospital,an orphanage and a home for the aged. The first church was a framestructure, built at the corner of the cemetery in 1839. It was replacedin 1868 by a brick structure in the early Romanesque Revival style, wi than attractive be·ltower.

Worship was entirely in German until 1912, when an English service wasauthorized for one evening service a month. The old building was removedearly in 1922, and the current one dedicated on December 24 that year.The chancel was enlarged in 1938 with a rose window and a marble altar.The Educational Building was completed in 1956. A newer educationbuilding with gymnasium was added in 1971.

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If Rural. Township & Vicl1'lIly 18 Style or Dellign stone' o !21 CIty or Town ~

Clayton Gothic Revival --11· ._)} 31. Wall Construclion ~.

Ii Sue Pliln wllh North Arrow 19. Architecl or Engineer brick masonrv (J.~w~ .... h.~~h~r & Hi.l l ebrand 32. Rool Type & M."ellalt,o~

20. Conlractor or Builder Oi'lhlp hin -fht h.I 1:1: R, rnnst co. 33. No. 0' Bays ..

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15 Naill 01 ESlabllshed Drstrtct 41. Distance 'rom andFronlage on Road

/27 ?v1hn<:2 Funr er Descnpnon ot imoonant Features The Gothic Revival style church has~ //

1.-0 0a steep, slate-clad, gable roof with stone-capped parapet walls t ~ o -co ~

the gable ends; small gabled dormers with vent windows are in th . '"Zzslopes; a small brick and stone finial is at the north corner of Photo . ,.,the front gable. The facade is dominated by a large square bell ./.~ ...". 3...... co

ro ;;;tower, with a shaped parapet crown, Gothic arched vents for the -s -bells, and smaller arched windows on the lower levels; (ecnttnue ).,/ 0.1

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43 H,slory ond S'!lntllcance The church named St. Joseph began in Cl ayton in 1885 but its prede- )::-

cessor was establ i shed in 1942 in what is now the city of Olivette. The early church, <roSt. Martin, was buil t in a settlement known as Centerton - or Central - on Bonhomme ~c::::

Road, on land given for the purpose by Ringrose Watson; parishioners were primarily roIrish and French. Boundaries of the parish were from St. Charles Rock Road (continued)

44 Descnpuon of Environment and Outbuildings The churchis at a downtown Clayton intersection, withhigh-rise office buildings on two corners and a small commercial building on the other.The church parking lot and a public parking lot are behind the building and the rectoryand its three-car garage are to the north. (rnntinued)'

45 Sources of.lnformallon 46. Prepared by

St. Louis Daily Record, ~1ay 7, 1912. .luriv I ; ttl ~"Saint Joseph's Church Centennial Proqran," 1942, church office. 47. Orqaruzauon

"Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Saint Joseph Church, 1912-1987." I<:;t Inll·Sf', ••_ .L D""Y'vc:

(conti nued ) 48. Dale 49 Bevrsron Datets]

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St. Josephls Catholic Church108 N. Meramec Avenue

42. continued

attached to the tower on the south si de is a one-story octagonal porchwith an arched doorway. The front facade has a round window in the gable,a 1arge three-part Gothi c arched wi ndow fl anked by two sma11 er wi ndows,and an enclosed entry porch with a gable roof and compound archeddoorway. Along the sides of the sanctuary are five Gothic arched windowswith wood tracery, with the bays separated by stone-capped brickbuttresses. The sta ined glass windows have finely painted detail. Thewater table of the building is cut stone and the exposed foundation isrough cut stone. An open stone-walled terrace extends across the front ofthe church and a small, one-story, ground level enclosed entry porch is onthe north. The cornerstone at the base of the tower contains the date1912. The apse at the rear of the church is part of a twelve-sided figurewith buttresses at the corners and Gothic-arched stained glass windows inthe upper portions of the sides.

43. continued

to Manchester Road, and about what is now Forest Park to Creve Coeur. Theonly other area Roman Catholic churches at that time were the St. LouisCathedral, and churches in Carondelet, Florissant, St. Charles, Matteseand Kirkwood. The brick 37-foot-square St. Martinis church seated 150.

With the separation of St. Louis from St. Louis County in 1876 and theestablishment of Clayton as the county seat, the population center of thispart of the county shifted to the south, and it was determined to move theparish church. The move was accomplished in 1885 and the church renamedSt. Joseph. The first structures, a parsonage and a 200-seat framechurch, were built in 1885-86 on land acquired through a swap with theGerman Saengerbund: the lot at the southwest corner of Maryland andMeramec which had been given by the County of St. Louis to the CatholicChurch in 1881 was traded to the Saengerbund for the lot at the northeastcorner of the same intersection. The old St. Martinis church at Centertonwas demolished in 1906.

In 1908 when Father Victor Stepka became pastor -- he was to serve for 38years -- only ninety families lived in the parish, but rapid growthindicated a need for a larger structure. parish boundaries remainedapproximately the same as those of old St. Martinis includingapproximately thirty-five square miles of territory. The cornerstone ofthe present bri d. church was 1aid on June 25, 1912, and dedicated onDecember 12 by Archbishop John J. Glennon. The architects were Wessbecher&Hillebrand, and the contractor was Luffner &Hecker ConstructionCompany; the cost was $30,000. The stained glass windows were the work ofEmil Frei studto , The 01 d frame church was ei ther moved to the north ofthe new structure for use as a rectory, or demol i shed at that time, asreported in two different accounts.

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St. Josephls Catholic Church108 N. Meramec Avenue

43. continued

Louis Wessbecher ~/as a native of Germany an studied in Karlsruhe andStuttgart before coming to the United States in 1882. He specialized inchurches and parochial schools, and among his surviving works areBethlehem Lutheran Church in Hyde Park, St. Stanislaus Kostka Church on20th Street, and the Sacred Heart Church in Florissant, the last twolisted on the Nat,ional Register.

In 1925, a fire severely damaged the interior of the building. As thechurch was repaired, the sanctuary was enlarged with a domed addition.

A parish school was begun in 1926 in a frame house and moved to a newbrick school building north of the church in 1928; teachers were providedby the Ursuline Order' of nuns. In 1940, a new rectory was built betweenthe church and school. By 1946, when Father Stepka retired, thirteen newparishes had been carved out of the original St. Martinis -- later St.Joseph's -- parish, but, because of general growth of the area, 500families still belonqed to St. Josephls. Alterations, renovations andrepairs to the church in the forties included the rebuilding of the frontsteps and side entrances and redecorating of the interior.

In 1965, Cardinal Joseph Ritter decided that St. Joseph's property shouldbe sold. In 1969, the school was closed. When invitations for bids forthe church property were solicited in 1971, Cardinal John J. Carberryassured parishioners that if the property were sold the parish wouldcontinued in new facilities constructed nearby, but most parishionerswanted to retain the property as it was or at least to build newfacilities on the Clayton property. Clayton mayor James C. Laflin also,in 1971, urged that the bUilding be saved because is was one of the mostprized landmarks and cultural assets of the area. The plan to sell waseventually dropped.

In the late seventies a $900,000 capital" improvement program was begun.The sanctuary was recarpeted and new audio and air-conditioning systemswere added, the main altar was relocated and a marble baptismal fontadded. The exterior was tuckpointed with reddish mortar, and a ramp forhandicapped access was built on the north side. William McMahon was thearchitect.

44. continued

Beyond that is the former parish school building, now under lease to theBerry Patch Day Care Center.

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St. Joseph's Catholic Church108 N. Meramec Avenue

45. continued

Brumfield, Theo. \I., "A History of St. Joseph Church, Clayton, Missouri,1992: 150th Anntversary ," unpublished paper, 20 pages, documented,January, 1991.

Hamilton, Esley, "Catholic Parishes in St. Louis County to 1920",1991­

Historical and Descriptive Review of St. Louis (St. Louis: John Lethem,, 894), p, "3.

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'<2 Furtt sr Description ollmportanl Features The 1905 Romanesque KeVlval styr echurch has been carefully restored on the exterior but has beengreatly al tered on the i nter ior and has a large educational wingon the west side (1953) and an addition to the sanctuary on theeast, built in 1971. The nE~W and old structures are sympatheticin color, material, scale and some detail but are distinct intexture, style and general detailing.

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43 History and S'!lnlflcance St. Lucas German Evangelical Church was orqarrized in 1880 and incorpo- M-:..n

rated on September 9 of that year. The secretary of the organizational meeting on ~·1arch ,i?1, 1880, was Ernst NolJau, son of the Rev. Edward Louis Nollau, a founder of several ?i 5German Evangel teal organizations and a founding pastor of St. John's Evangel ical Church ~ '<(organized in 1838) in ~1eh'lville, which had served many of the (continued) ;A.'2?

------------------:------------:--------:------------1 ..... OJ44 Descripllon of Environment and Outbuildings St. Lucas Cemetery and a large parking lot are behind the ri a.

church. To the west is the sexton's residence, which was originally the Sappington ~

Congregational Church.

45 Sources ot.jntorrnauon 46. Prepared by

Borgstede, Linda, A History of St. Lucas United Church of Christ, Judy Littlec. 1980, in church office. 47. Organization

Telephone conversation with Manske Corporation office, 1/28/92. ~'s rOllntv P.:lrk,Unsigned typed page on windows and tapestries, from church 48 Dale 49. ReVISion Daters)

office, December, 1991. 4/92On site inspection.

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St. Lucas United Church of ChristEvangelical St. Lucas Kirche17735 Denny Road

42. continued

The original building is constructed of large blocks of warm-colored, veryrough-cut 1tmes tone , At the front corner is a three-story square belltower with a steep-pt tched pyramidal slate roof, flared at the eaves andtopped with a copper finial. The center sections of the walls of thesecond and third stories are recessed, with Romanesque arched openings;the third story 'Openings are large and louvered; those on the second storyare smaller and in pairs; that on the first story is the broad archedentry to the porch and the main doorway, up six steps. The double doorshave windows in the top portion, and the arched transom above is now ofsolid wood. In the tower wall above the entry is a stone enscribed,"Evang. St. Lucas-Kirche A.D. 1905." At the tower corners are heavy stonebuttresses. A one-story section extends across most of the front of thebuilding, housing the old narthex and lighted by several arched stainedglass windows; rectangular basement windows are beneath the first storywindows. The center section of the building is taller, with a hipped roofand gabled projections in which there are clerestory "thermal" windowsbeneath circular vents. All windows have finished stone sills, incontrast to the rough-cut stone walls.

Additions and alterations to the sanctuary changed the orientation of theseating, facing east now instead of north. Modern stained glass windowsare along the sides of the new sanctuary and all detailing of the interioris modern. A modern colonnaded entry is on the north side of thesanctuary.

43. continued

German families who would soon join St. Lucas. Property on Denny Road waspurchased in 1880 and a frame church was built, dedicated on July 24,1881. By 1883, the congregation had built a school and parsonage.

The present stone church building was built in 1905, with a Mr. Bopp ofKirkwood as contractor. An architect, unidentified in the 1980 churchhistory, had presented plans at the annual meeting in 1904. The bUildingwas wired for electricity, power having been brought to the area by Mr.Busch for his Grant I s farm property. The dedicati on was in the fall of1905. The original school house was also replaced this year.

The Sappington area remained sparsely developed until after WWII whensuburban growth from St. Louis reached here. In 1953, construction beganfor a new educational wing on the west side of the church; JuengelConstruction Company was the contractor. The old school house was jackedup to be moved Clway in 1954. A new parsonage was built in 1960. In thelate fifties, the Evangelical and Reformed Church merged with theCongregational Church to form the United Church of Christ, and that becamethe denomination of St. Lucas.

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St. Lucas United Church of ChristEvangelical St. Lucas Kirche17735 Denny Road

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Accelerated suburban growth in the late fifties and sixties led to theexpansion of the I:hurch building in 1969-71. The sanctuary was enlargedand the entire interior was redesigned in a modern style. THe exterior ofthe 1905 building was restored except in the areas of the additions on thenorth and east; tne old parsonage was demolished to make room for theeastern addition. Manske and Dieckmann were the architects for therenovations and alterations, and Woermann Construction Company was thecontractor. Manske and Dieckmenn was founded by Walter P. Manske; thefirm today is Manske Corporation Architects. Ed Dieckmann was Manske'sson-in-law. The new building's modern stained blown glass windows wereexecuted under the direction of Robert Frei of Emil Frei Associates, Inc.,a stained glass studio in Kirkwood which at the same time refurbished thewindows in the older building. The modern tapestries were designed byRobert Harmon of Arcadia, Missouri, and executed by Mrs. Harmon. Thechurch is presently one of the two largest in St. Louis of the UnitedChurch of Christ denomination.

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slope paralleling the front facade, Which faces south; the roof ~ ~is clad in light gray asphalt shingles. The gabled center sectio Photo ~·z

of the facade projects several feet; in this section, ends of ./~~ ~the roof beams (or small square brackets suggesting them) project /' g ~under the eaves and a cross member a few feet below the peak of // n ~the gable; a small shaped hr::l,.I(j:~T (,.nntinlll:lrn / g z;j

43 History and S'!lnillcanct; Sappi ngton Congrega tiona1 Church, founded in 1888 as the Sunday School ~ U1

of Webster Groves, was the second of this denomination to be established in what is ~ ~

now St. Louis County, the first being Webster Groves Congregational in 1866. The ~5

building, constructed in 1.889, is the second oldest surviving Congregational church 0''<building in the County, following Webster's 1870 structure. . (continued) ~ eJ

44 Descripllon of Environment and Outbuildings The buil di ng taces Denny Road, at the corner ot a dead- -I [

end street called Parkholm, and is next to and in front of cemeteries owned by St. Lucas gc::

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45 Sources ol.lnlorma"on 46. Prepared byHamilton, Esley, "Congregational Churches In Order of Founding," Judy Little

March 29, 1991, St. Louts County Parks.Hamilton, Esley, "Surviving Congregational Church Buildings,"

March 29, 1991, St. Lout s County Parks.

Sexton's House, St. Lucas ChurchSappington Congregational Church11735 Denny Road

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is under the eaVE!S at each front corner. The center section has a triplewindow on the first floor and a single window on the second floor; thefront walls on either side of the projecting section have a window on thewest side and a door on the east side. The sides of the building eachhave a small sinH1e window and a double window on the first floor and asingle window on the second floor; the east side has a door toward therear of the building. The rear of the building has two windows and abrick chimney. The windows are metal replacements, most with pseudo­muntins, 8-over-B. The walls are covered with wide asbestos siding. Thefoundation is rough-cut stone.

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An old photograph shows it to have been shingle-clad, with white paintedtrim and a small hip-roofed belfry with round arched openings atop thefront gable. Thl~ triple window on the front and the double windows on thesides were originally all triple windows, with the center unit beingtaller, and having stained glass in the sash. The church became known asthe English language church by the German-speaking congregation of St.Lucas German Evangelical Church next door to the east. In 1939 thebuilding was sold to Alfred Fairbank, Treasurer of the MissouriConference. In 1941, it was converted into a house and in 1959, after themerger of the Congregational Church with the Evangelical and ReformedChurch, it became the sexton1s house for St. Lucas Church, its use today.

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Borgstede, Linda, A History of St. Lucas United Church of Christ, c. 1980,in the church office

Interview with the Sexton, Terry Kelley, March, 1992. He has oldphotographs of the bUilding.

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) L\,L.l'lOn 01 NcgJIIVC:'

St. Louis County Parks 5508 Teleqraph Road6 Spec rue t ocanoo 12.63 acres i n ~I ~

of SW ~ of fractional Section12, Township 43, Range 6

16. Themallc CaleQor.,

17 Darets) or Periodconstructed 1918

18. No 01 510111:1 ] - I -IYes ~No I I

I Cllv WI Town 11 Rural, TownShIp & ViellillyLemay Township

ti S,le Pldn wllh NOJlh Arrow

18 Slylo or DC:;'\JnGothic Revival

19 A,clllleel or Engln84f

Herman Burgdorf20 Contractor or BUilder

William Gruenewald21. Original Use, " apparent

c hIJr ch (.X: r:.}22 Pre sent Use

church23 Owncrsrup Public II

Pnvale ~

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~o VIsible IfomPublic R9acP

Esterlor onnd

41 Distance from .:lndFrontilg~ on AOila

/580

39 EnClangered'?By What?

38. PreservallonUnderway?

Yes )OfNo II

German Evangelical

Foundations of a Community(1977), I, p. 5.

St. Paul'sChurch

27 Other Surveys In Which Included

24. Owner's Name & Address,II kn~n

Yes t I

No ~14 DISIIICI

Polent'l?

Structure I IOblllel II

12 l:i II 1(es I IEligible'! No II 1-------------------1

UTPoA

Sill! IIBUlldllig ll¢(

-1', On NatIonal Yes II

HeYI~lef? No ~'

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I:' r'''/l'e 01 ESlalJllstleCl DtslltCI

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1]'~) Further Descnuuon ul Imporlant Featuws The rna i n church has a Greek Cross plan,~ -:with the northwest angle filled by a tower. Each arm has a veri lar4e /' Ul cpointed window of six panels with twelve smaller panels in the archl / ~ ~Around the arch are fi ve courses of headers. The very high foundati On Photo co -»

has large rock-faced lintels over glass-block basement Windows. TheJ/~~ 3main entrance is in the tower, double doors and elaborately molded ~ ~terra cotta arch above. The tower has two stages above the door, th n ~a parapet and a pyramidal steeple. The uPper staoe louvered openinq: ~

4) t-l,slory dntl S"II\"'Canc~ The German Evangel ical Congregation of St. Paul at Mathees Creek was ::::r-

organized in 1844 by Rev. E. Nollan, who had been holding services in this area since 1838. .~Nollan was the pastor of St. John's Evangelical Church in Mehlville, still a local landmark. ~The first church was erected on Old Baumgartner Road near Heintz Road, where the church'scemetery is still located. The preseLn,~ cJlurch \~as built on land that ha,d been acq~·r.Led by ,thecongregCition ln 19W. aceon:~...to rn» uis.tnrx, blla the ~909 at1i'lC; c;hovlc; T- a t a school

44 De5Ct1DI,onotEflv,lOnrnenlanc10ulbulldln05WaS already be1ng operate in t 1S locatlon. !he c urchThe buildings are on a steep rise on the east side of Telegraph Road, a little north of itsintersection with Baumgartner and Cliff Cave Roads.

Founda ti ons of a Communi ty (1977), I, p. 5.Church of f i ce , St. Paul's l rn ted Church of Chn s tSt. Loui s County Recorder of Deeds, [30ok 161, page 253.

!.6 Ple".lI'''' uy

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42. continued

are arched and have tracery infill and labels above. The corners of thetower are buttressed, with stone quoins at the floor levels. Large brickadditions to the church have been made to the north and the east, but theyare set back from the older church and have lower roofs.

43. conti nued

acquired 3 acres in 1905 from Magdalena Grate, a widow.

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Office of Historic Preservation. P.O. Box 176. Jefferson·CitY. Missouri 65101

HISTORIC INVENTORY ~·AS·ozG.'()~¥··'1 No 4 PrtlSl'1I1 Nametll

??K/1114RR2 County

st. Louis Countv3 t ocauon 0' Negdl/VtlS

0137-23

Tuxedo Park Union Sundav School

667 Atalanta Avenue

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6 Specrhc local/on 16. Them.llc Category 28. No 01 Stones 1, I

Lot 24. Block 9,Tuxedo Park

7 Clly ur Town II Rural, Township & ViClllIty

Webster GrovesIi Site Pliln wllh North Arrow

17 Dalals) or Period

construe ted 189418 Style or Delilgn

VpV'n~r,,' .:IV'19. Architecl or Engineer

Public I I

Private Yf

."Yes v ; 5No lOt p,

goodgoodExteJlor

37. ConditionInterior

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38. PreservationUnderway?

Evelyn & Dorothy Kaschn71 Atalanta Avenue 63119

24. Owner's Name & Address.it known

!I Cooruinates UTMLd!L'lnU

27. Other Surveys in Which Included

39 Endangered?ByWhat?

Yes}O{ f::No 1 I "

:;'~

40. Visible fromPublic Road?

Yes WNo (YI'

41. Distance trom andFrontage on Road

I!)OI

~2 Furtt sr Descripllon of Important Features The one-story, bas ica l ly rectangu1ar~ ./..,.buil di ng is of frame construction and has a gabl e roof, gabl e / ~ 0

faci ng the street. The rafter ends are vis i bl e under the eaves. / N ;;A screened porch extends across the front, and a small, hi p- Photo ~ ;

roofed addition is attached to one side near the back. The walls / ~ pi 3

have been clad in textured vinyl siding, approximately 8" wide.;' ~ ~Windows are double-hung, 2-over-2, four on each side of the . .r" ~Q14ildinQ and one on Qach sir!",,~ +h",.. TV'nl1+ ~nnV' 1,.nn+irll~~'

43 Hlsloryand'SlllOlflcanCtl This building, erected in 1894 by the Tuxedo Park Sunday School, has k

been the birthplace of two Webster Groves churches and home to another. The first United ~Methodist Church of Webster Groves and the Webster Groves Christian Church began here; ~Christ Lutheran Church of ~Iebster Groves met here for fifteen of its early, formativeyears. Since that time the building has been used as a private residence. (continued)

44 Descripuon of Environment and OutbuildIOgs The house is in a residential neighborhood with many houseof approximately its age.

45 Sources al-Informallon

Start, Clarissa, Webster Gl~, City of Webster Groves, 1975.Interview with Evelyn and Dorothy Kasch, February 28, 1992.On site inspection.

46. Prepared by

Judv Littl e47. Organization

~is Countv Parks1;;9~ale l49 ReVISIon Datets)

page 1 of 2

Tuxedo Park Union Sunday School667 Atalanta Avenue

42. continued

The door has a transom window. Concrete blocks enclose the base of thebuilding, but itis unlikely that they are the actual foundation material;there is only a parti al basement, excavated well after the building'sconstruction.

43. continued

The Tuxedo Park Union Sunday School was organized to hold non-sectarianservices, with volunteer ministers, in the developing subdivision ofTuxedo Park. Mrs. Edward Joy, a member of the Congregational Church ofOld Orchard, and I~rs. Miller of Tuxedo Park canvassed the neighborhood forSunday School pupils. The first session was held on October 22, 1893, atthe home of J.D. Lang. The next week, with an enrollment of 92, classeswere held in a ne'~ barn near Fairview and Cornelia. The Tuxedo Park andLand Improvement Company donated a lot for the new organization, and abuilding was put up at 667 Atalanta, with a local carpenter, Mr. Beckard,donating much of the labor.

The non-denominational status was maintained by alternating the use ofPresbyterian and Methodist quarterlies. It was determined that theorganization would never become denominational except for a majority voteof all adult resident members. In 1895, the congregation's membersdivided into two groups and organized the Tuxedo Park Methodist EpiscopalChurch and the Tuxedo Christian Chapel. The Sunday School remainednon-denominational, but a vote of the two denominations gave the buildingto the Methodists. The Methodist church grew to a membership of 80 by1907, then dropped to 45 within the next two years. With the arrival ofDr. Thomas Hagerty, chaplain for city institutions, membership nearlydoubled, and by 1908 the church had built a new building and sold thesmall building at 667 Atalanta to Christ Lutheran Church. TuxedoChristian Chapel, which had been meeting in a private home, also built itsown building in 1908 and is now on Lockwood west of Berry Road, known asWebster Groves Christian Church.

The Lutherans were first organized on March 14,1897. The Rev. M. S.Sommer, then pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in St. Louis, conducted theservice at the Royal Arcanum Lodge Hall above a grocery store at thesoutheast corner of Big Bend and Log Cabin Lane. By 1900, thecongregation was known as Old Orchard Lutheran Church, and later becameChrist Lutheran Church, moving to the Village Hall, then to SuburbanSchool of Music Hall and, in 1909, to 667 Atalanta. They added a room atthe rear for a pastor's study. Christ Lutheran remained until 1924, whenthey built a new building at Lockwood and Selma. That building is nowowned by the Webster Groves School Board; the Lutherans moved to thesouthwest corner of the intersection in 1942.

page 2 of 2

Tuxedo Park Union Sunday School667 Atalanta Avenue

43. continued

Sometime in the twenties, 667 Atalanta was converted into a residence andthe steeple removed and burned. A buyer in the forties was the neighbornext door at 671 Atalanta, Mr.Kasch. He added a partial basement for afurnace and rented out the house. Mr. Kasch sold the property in about1950, after which a new owner added the front porch. Mr. Kasch'sdaughters, who still live next door, have owned the house since 1970 andrent it from time to time. A plaque on the building reads, "Tuxedo ParkUnion Sunday School, 1894-95, Tuxedo Park Methodist Episcopal Church1895-1909, Presented in honor of the Bicentennial of Methodism in America,by First United I'Ilethodist Church of Webster Groves, 1984.11 A sketch onthe plaque depicts the building with a small steeple at the front end ofthe roof, and without its added front porch.

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HISTORIC IINVENTORY :L-.4~~;»(", n~~\~ Pres"nl NilOltll'l

Union Conorece t lona l Church of Vall ev Park

I No

26Q640482-; Couruv

St. Louis3 i ocauon 0' Negallves

275 - SA6 Spec itrc t.ocanon

s. OIlier Namolli)

17 Ann Stref't16 Themallc Galegory 28. No 01 SIOlles 2

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Yes OIXNo I (

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constructed 189618 Slyle or Delllgn

Vprn;:l('111;:lr19. Archilect or EngIneer

~~~__-=-~~ -I29. Basement?

20. Contractcr or Build~1 ..21. Ollgina' Use. II apparenl

church22 Pre lienI Use

rpsi r!pnr.p23 Ownorship Public I I

Privale ~

24 Owner's Name & Address.if known

!:I Coordinatest atlonv

UTM Stephen L. &Mary M. Gan17 8nn <\tY'Ppt \/;:l11 PV P;:lY'k- hqnAA

27. Orner SurveYIi in Which Included

38. PreservalionUnderway?

39. Endangered?By What?

good

Ul

Yes r :

No )0(

Yes mNo II

15 Naill of Eslabllshed Distric!

40. Visible from Yes ~ .......Public Road? No I, I I<

41. Dislance trom and ~Fronlilge on Road ~

i<<:2 Furtt sr Descnpuon of Important Features The primary entrance to tht s residen

has been changed from the east end, which has an enclosed porchoverlooking Forest Avenue, to the west end toward Ann Street.There a neocolonial broken pediment has been installed aroundthe off-center door, and a small oriel has been added. Windowsappear to have been reduced in si ze as part of the process ofinstalling modern siding.

43 Hlslory and Srqruhcance The Union Congrega tiona1 Church of Valley Park was organi zed in 1896 by 5'the Congregational City Mission Society of St. Louis, under the leadership of A.L. Love, ~the superintendent. Love had assisted in founding several other Congregational churches ~

in previous years. Construction of this building cost $862.68. The church was founded ~

with only six members, and it never grew much larger than that, although the (continued) ~

44 Descripuon of Environment and OUlbuilllings The Sacred Heart Catholic Church acorss the street haspurchased lots on both sides of this property and cl eared them for parking. To theeast the hilly site descents to Forest Avenue, beyond Which is the Missouri Pacificra il road 1i ne.

45 Sources or.mrorrnauon

Lorraine Smith, "The Valley Park Union Congregational Church1896-1904," 1990.

R. M. Sargent and M. Burnham, "Congregationalism in St. Louis"in Hyde &Conard, Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis1899), p. 464. continued

46. Prepared by

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St. Louis County Parks~~90; te 149 ReVISIon Dale(sl

Union Congregationa"1 Church of Valley Park17 Ann Street

43. continued

Sunday School had over one hundred. The building was sold to Charles andDa i sy Smi th in '1904. They added a second floor abou t 1908. It is saidthat the house subsequently burned and was repaired.

45. continued

Telephone conve-rsation with Marlene R. Hedricks, Meramec StationHistorical Socie ty , October 1990.

On site inspection.

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7Book. (Pl us a few uemories)

and Sunday School RecordCompiled by Lorraine Smith

Ausust, 1990

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The pic~ure is of the house in1908 that had been the Union Con­Gregational Church from 1896 to1904. The second story had beenadded by the bUilding contractorsWoods and Martin. The child onthe porch is Lorraine Smith. TheWappe1horst house is in the back­ground.

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Office of Historic Preservation. P.O. Box 176. JeffersonCitv. Missouri 65101

HISTORIC INVENTORY 'Sl.. <i,q'~ ,C~~ , 0 ',1;,;,1 No 4 Prt!s.,n' Name(S) -

18J620088United Methodist Church

zUniversity 0

'2 CountySt. Louis 5 Olher Namo{li)

3 local/on 0' NeYdll.,es Ro11 1 - 34St. Loui s Co. Parks Dept. 6901 Washington; University Methodist Church

6 Spec/lie loeallOn 16, Them.lle: Calegory 28, Ho. of Slories nla Vl'"r-t

29, Basement? Yes kl . ()0

Lots 18 & 19, block 2, Uni vers i ty 17 Oaltl(s) or Period No I . r;o -

Heights #2 1914· lQ26· lQC;C; jqSl; 30, Founda',on Malerial c: -<-., City or Town If Rural, Township & Vi,:inlly 18. Slyle or De:ngn c::rnn., VI

lin i \/., r<; . r \J r i r v r.nrhir R.,viV.::lI -7J 13 31. Wall Construcuon

Ii S.te Ptiln willi Norlh Arrow 19, Archilecl or Engineer A1be r t l;. li roves stone masonry

I J ;'11.\.: -.l,,4t, C-" 1";

~archt of chapel & sanctuary; 32, Roof Type & Mdlellal

\ 20, Conlr.clor .or(""BUilder P. John Hoene r , steep gable, green sla e-' . ISvnd t-Y"121 ,;;rtl..tdlD archt for ed. wi ~. No. 01 Bays::=> c:~

f-' 21. Ollginal Use, it appar.nl] 958 . Fron' ~ Side::. 'U

rh Irrh ()'l,,-A fGl 34. Wall Trealment cou rsed < ib(l) II>

22 Present Use rock faced 1i mes tone."

.., :J

VI -

church 35. Plan Shape L-shaped -. zr-t ...

23 Ownership Public I I 36. Changes Addition :X -c 3."

Private 3< I (Explain Allered I ' c:;;;in N42) MOl/eo I :J -

lJa.sh\~~I-~N

24. Owner's Name & As:tdress -.'~

it knownUn i vers I ty Un i ted Methodi r-I''3"7. Condition (l)

Church; 6901 Washington; 63130 truenor good c,

~ Coorllindtes UTMRichard Davis, Minister good :3:

Lift Extenor (l)

Lonu r-t25. Open to Yes 1'1 38. Preservation Yes. tr

Public? No II Underway? No, 00 SIlt, ! I Structure I i o,

BUlld,"!) ~ X Obf8l:t I I-.

26 local Conlecl Person or Organlzallon 39. Endangered? Yes I I VI

By What? No IX r-t! I. On NdtlOnal Yes I I 12 Is It Yes I I

(""')

RUUI~ler? No I X Eligible? No I I 27 OIlier Surveys in Which Included zrYes I I Yes x

cJ Parr 01 Estab ves I I 14. District 40. Visible from ..,

HI5t Dlsl.? No I I Potenl'l? No I I Public Road? No, , n;:r

--- 41. Distance Irorn and5 Namt: 01 Eslabllshed OistllclFrontlige on Road.

1121x1922. Further Descripuon 01 tmportant Features // O"Ul

This bu i I dings front facade i C' decorated wi th triple lancet window1..0 0

.' a 0_~J

which contains leaded glass wi th storm sashes over the windows. .",;::~

The parapet walls are crenelated with smooth faced stone. The Photo OJ ZVI '"front parapet (slightly projecting) ends wi th a fa I se gable. The <> -. ;:r3--!l

east tower is accentuated wi th pinnacles raising from the end of -: :J ~to

the pa r ape t , The tower contains a double, louvered lancet window. , r-I'

-,r' 0-- ::J

3 History lind S·onillcance Uni ve rs i ty United Methodist Church is major contributing architectural~.

alement in the University City Civic Plaza around the Lion Gates and City Hall. An carea :J

rchitectural model of about 1909, prepared for University City founder E.G. Lewi s, shows-.

a <rouping of monumental bui ldings in variety of historical styles arranged formally around

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and the Lewi s Publishing Company bui ldings. In s i t l ng, and s p i ri t ,VI

he Lion Gates mass, use -.rt

: Descnplton of En"ironm~nl and Outbuildings Un i ve rs I ty Methodist Church IS located In a private reSlden --<

i a 1 subdivision, University Heights Number Two. It is part of a complex of rel i q l ous and :3:(l)

:1stitutional buildings around end within view of City Hall and the monumental "Li on Gates", r-I'tr

ymbolic entrance to the city. 0c,-.

Sources ot.Intormauon 46. Prepared by VIr-I'

The Fi rst 50 Years of University Methodist Church, II 1959 (pamphlet Judv Li tt 1e V-J BAss (""')

in Church f i 1es) 47. Organization ;:rc

A Short His tory of University Church, II ca. 1975 (pamphlet in church St. Louis Co. Parks ..,o

f i I es ) 48 Dale 149 Rel/lSIOn Dale(s) zr

:1.bout the Windows in University Church, II no date (pamphlet in church 5/83

University United Methodist Church

42. continued

The lower parapet co the west contains two, lancet windows runningvertically. Throu!jhout the facade are slit-type windows which isa variation of the loop-hole windows found on a medieval fortification.The center bay is decorated with a arched portal and the double doorshave a arched transom with a arched grid pattern. The double doors arepainted red and they also have arched panels. Positioned above thedoor are smooth-faced stone plain shield-shaped ornaments placed betweenraised arched grid~;. A smooth faced stone belt course runs across thefacade from the shield shaped ornaments and a belt course below theloop-hole windows at the entrance.

43. continued

if not in style, University Methodist Church and other buildings in the areawere built almost exactly as Lewis planned. They are visually related inscale, materials, their monumental design and high quality workmanship.

E.G. Lewis attended the organizational meeting for the church on July 26,1909 at the home of Frederick Vierling at 6255 Waterman, one house beyond theUniversity City Limits. At the time there were no other churches in theimme~iate area. The church first met, in January, 1910, in Lecture Hallof the Art Bui ldin~l (People's University) and later at Lenox Hall, a privategirls' school at the southeast corner of Washington and Trinity, and at twolocations in the University City Loop.

In 1913, construction was begun on a new chapel at the northwest corner ofWashington and Trinity. The chapel is the easternmost portion of the presentbui lding. Albert B." Groves (1868-1925) was the architect. Other work byGroves includes the Union Avenue Christian Church (1907), Third ChurchChrist Scientist (ca. 1913), Westminster Presbyterian Church (1916) andSt. Mary's Hospita (1923). The new chapel, bui It for $55,000, was namedCupples Memorial Capel for a short time, after Samuel Cupples who was nota member but contr buted to the church. The Cupples name was removed uponthe request of the family. Other prominent non-member contributors included

University United Methodist Church

43. continued

Murray Carleton, Governor Lon V. Stephens, Jackson Johnson, Paul Brown,Sam M. Kennard and Frank C. Rand.

The first pastor of the church was Dr. Ivan Lee Holt, later to become aBishop. He served from 1910 through 1911.

In 1925, construction of the main sanctuary was begun, also with AlbertGroves as architect. The cost was $175,000. The organ instal led at the timehad originally been installed in the old St. Louis Coliseum specificallyfor performances of the play "The Miracle" which attracted many thousandsof St. Louisans to its performances. The chapel, which contained a galleryand Sunday School neeting rooms on the second floor, was remodelled in the1920s. The gallery story was floored to make a dining room with a meetinghall below.

In 1955, construction began on an addition in the northwest corner of thebui lding, for educational activities. The architect was P. John Hoener. In1958, the chancel vias redecorated and a new organ was installed.

From 1969 through ~!971, the diamond pattern leaded windows in the sanctuarywere replaced with stained glass windows designed and installed by the EmilFrei Studio.

45. continued

Book of St. Louisans, St. Louis Republ ie, St. Louis, 1912Bryan, John Albury, Missouri IS Contribution to American Architecture, St. LouisArchitectural Club, St. Louis, 1928

Harris, NiNi, Legacy of Lions, The Historical Society of University City,Un i ve rsitY Cit y, 'I 981

U. City Bldg. Permit #2848, Apri 1 14, 1925, for stone church, $100,000U. City Bldg. Permit #13478, August 18, 1955, for addition to rear of structure

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HISTORIC INVENTORY St ~ ""t~~(:v?c:::. •~ 'L-/C.\milli'

1 1'4" 4 Pr~s""1 Ndnle,s)

W2bs'O=r Groves Presbyterian Church ,'2 C. i) Iii ~ IY

St. Loui.s 5 Other Namets)

J t or.auon 01 NeydlrvesSt. Louis Co. Parks Dept., 45 W. Lockwood

6 Spec rhr t ocauon 16 Themalic Ciltegory 28. No 01 Stones l~-l-I •(J)

Part of Lot 1 of Webster Groves 29. Basement? Yes K rt r. ·subdivision 17 Datets) or Pllriod full No i ,

1891, 1925, 1938 30. Foundauon Maler,al S ·Cdy or Town If Aural, Townsrup & IIICllllty 18 51yle or DeSign S,- ua.. d stone ~.1 [/)

webster Groves Gothic Revival 4/ 31. Wall Construction

H S,le Pldn wllh Nurth Arrow 19. Archilect or Engmeer rrasanrv Ll632. Rool Type & Millerral

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AC~~' : dlurch OG?A 34. Wall Treatment CL [/)

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I ~p 22 Present Use lirrestone 43 ftYJ' J' I t1

I church 35. Plan Shaptirregular-s f G)

N 23 Ownership Public I I 36. Changes Addition X t1

,~ id- E a t Private* ' IExplain Altered K ~I I.- in 1f42} Move<.l...... ~ 24 . Owner's Name & Address, [/)

it known Webster Groves Pres. 37. Condition tULOCKVJOOD AvE Church) 45 w. Lockwood lntenor exrellent ~s Coonnnares UTMldl Webster Groves M) 63119 Exterlorexrellent 19-llinu .' 25. Open to Yes~1 38. Preservation Yes X ft

10 Sur- ! , Structure I iPublic? No II Underway? No, t1

f-'.BUllclulg ~ Objecl I I 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39 Endangered? Yes I §- By What? NoX11. On NdllOnal Yes I I 12 Is It Yes t t

R(!(jlsler? No IX Ellgrble? No I I 27 Other Surveys in Which Included "Q.,.J13 Part of Estab Yes I I 14. District Yes I I 40. Visible from Yes X ~Hlsl Dl~t ? No !>[ Polen!'l? No I I Public Road? No

15 Name of Established District 4" Distance Irom andFrontage on Road.

30' X 268' wide~2. Further Dascnpuon of Important Features 'Ihis church, like others in the area,

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has grCMl1 like Topsy. It is of squared lllrestone with buttressesUl c~

at the corners and between the colonnaded doorways on the front and ...~

the stained glass windavs of the sanctuary on the east side. Winda.v ~ ..

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frarres, arched doorways, but-cress tops, the water table, parapets >' :.;~:-

and battlements are articulated in polished liIrestone.1'".'

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~front faces south • 'Il)e 01 npc;t- c:or+; ("m hn; 1 t ; 1') 1 R91 is on the./ ~43 History and Srqruf rcan ce 'll1e church was built in 1891 for the \'i1ebster Groves Presbyterian Church , II

In 1865, a meeting was held .in the hare of Martha M::x:rly to discuss the organization of aPresbyterian Church in Webster. In 1866, a petition was presented to the Presbytery of t

ISt. Louis, and the new church was organized. A frarre building was ccxrg::>leted in 1867, but ~

burned to the qround in 1890.. The church suffered two other serious fires, one in 1918 ano

44 De scr rpt ion of Envllunm'ent and Outbuildings h'Ihe church as attractive foundat.ion plantings, but no

yard. The east side of the church is a parking lot.

45 Sour ce s 01. tnrcrrnanon 46. Prepared by

"I'lebster Groves Historical SocietyCoo.1<bc:d<.A Centennial History of the Webster Groves Presbyterian Church 47 Or oaruz auon

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: west end of the front and has been rem:deled as the Elizabeth Hollavay.• :"'•.• Vb:xis Chapel. It: has a 10.;, square, two-story bell t.o.ver with double

""",. . .wooden doors under a Gothic arch on the west and a broad gable cantaininga Larqe Gothic arched stained glass windcw, 'lhe Elizabeth HoIICMay

.".~. WocxiS Chapel is connected to the large sanctuary, whim was builtin'" . ~24, by a flat-roofed co.lonnade ,two arched doorways and an armed

• • Windav. ']he" sanctuary is taller, two stories, with a huge rose windcM•• -; ~ P1 its south. facing gable and small polished li.rrestone tcNlers on both

.corneza of-this' g-able. Projecting in front of this main gable is a-one-story vestiibule with a flat roof and containing three pairs ofdouble -wooden doors under carved limestone Gothic arches. Projectingon both sides of this main sanctuary gable are l~ story gables facingeast and west, one bay deep and one bay across, which fonn the narthex.

'lhe east side of the church cantains five large, tall, stained glasswi.ndcws separated by deep buttresses. Behind the sanctuary to thenorth is a blank stone section with a flat roof, one story high.

'lhe west side of the church is cbseured because it is so close to thewebster Groves Trust Co. Behind the square bell tcNler with its hightriple Gothic louvered OPenings, is a two story section with a flatroof, four bays wide with a door in the last bay.

On the back of the church on the north, there are two large yello.; brickadditions, two and a half stories high with flat roofs.

43. one on New Year's Day, 1958. For a wh.i.Le , the church bell served as theeemnunity fire bell.

Office of Historic Preservat ton , P.O. Box 176. Jefferson ·City. Missouri 65101

HISTORIC II\JVENTORY 'SL~A'::>-oU . C'J411

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Zion Lutheran Church ~~ "'Ql:l>0

'l CountySt. Louis 5 Other Namc(s) ~ ..<J

J t ocauon 0' Ne2ol'VtlS 531 Meramec Station Road~"'e.,~

231 - 8 ~ ""6 Specihc t.ocauon 16. Themallc Category 28. No. 01 Stolles 1 IV

Block 65, Lots 6 - 9 29. Basement? Yes It/.. (/)~Valley Park 17 Daleis) or Period No I ( eTc.,

CO ns truc tpd 1913 30. Foundallon Material -cI

" Rural, Township & VICllllty 18. Style or Delilgn CO hlnrk 01 Clly ur Town c:

Vall ey Park vprn",rill "'Y' 31. Wall Construction -I.

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Ii Sill' Pldn wllh North Arrow 19. "rchilecl or Engineer frame32. Roof Type & Millenal

20. Conlraclor or Builder oah1p rnmnHonrv ~pi hp1 ~ Snnc: 33. No. 01 Bays ..

21. Onginal Use. if apparent Front 1 SIde 7 N "0

church 34. Wall Treatment -'. ~0 II>

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22 Present Use ~

church - commercial 35 Plan Shaperectanoular I zc: '"23 Ownership Public I I 36. Changes "dditlon I Irt 3:::r ~Private ~ (Explain Altered It rn '"

24. Owner's Name & "ddress. in 142) MOVllO 1\ ~if known Evangel ical Lutheran 37 Condition

~Inlerlors Coorumates UTM Zion Church, 527 Meramec Sta . good ~ldt ,,'" 111"\1 P::IY'1t Mn fi1nAA ExterIOr -s

lonv 25. Open to Yes ~ 38. Preservation Yes r t p-10 Sill'! I Structure I i

PUblic? No I Underway? No ~BUlldlflg ~ Ob,eel II 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39 Endangered? Yes I I

~On N~llnal Yes I I 12 Is II YeH I I 7;,..;n r on r-hllY'l"h ??1:;_77Q() By What? No ~Rt!YI~t:Jr? NO~ Eligible? No II 27. Other Surveys in Which Included

13 Pari 01 Estab Yes I I 14. Distriel YeH I I 40. Visible Irom Yes 0«Hlsl. DIs!.? NO~ Potent'l? No I r Public Road? No t I

15 Narll- 01 Established District .1. Distance trom andFrontage on Road

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~2. Fa'" " Descripuon 01 1mportant Fearures The fOU nda ton blocks ot tn1 s cnurch ,~ /" lI'

are rock-faced molded concrete typical of c. 1905 to 1925. The ~ Qwindows are 2-over-2. The rrain entrance is up seven steps throug I:... ¥the base of a short tower. The tower has a pyramidal roof with a Photo ::: z

'"flared base. Rectangular openings in the tower have louvered ./ .~ 3~

shutters or grills. A gable roof on plain brackets shelters the / v.

semicircular top of the entry door. The windows as seen from .'inside are leaded glass tjn+pr! in n:lc:+o1 c:h:lrloc: "rith (N'Intinllorl) ,/ ~

43 History and SI!lnlflcanc~ Lutheran SErvices were first held in Valley Park in 1910. The Zion Evan- ~~gelical Lutheran Church was formally organized in 1912. The contracting firm of Henry ~.

Seibel and Sons from nearby ~1anchester was contracted on June 14, 1913. The cornerstone pwas laid a month later, and the dedication was November 9. The first pastor Emil

~~1arzinski, who later chanced his last name to Mars, also served Concordia Lutheran(cont) c,

44 Descnptlon 01 Environment and Outbuildings An extensive parking lot occupies the south side of theproperty, Which stands several feet above the 1evel of r·1eramec Station Road. Behind thechurch stands the Educational Buil di ng, a flat-roofed orange brick structure with a one-story entry and two floors of classrooms behind. The frame bungalow to the north (cent)

45 Sources ot.jntorrnanon 46. Prepared by"Z'ion Lutheran Church, 75th Anniversary, II 1987. Esl ev HamiltonTelephone interview with church office staff, April 1992. 47. OrganizationOn site inspection. ~t Iou i s r'f'llIntv P"'Y'Itc::.

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Zion Lutheran Church531 Meramec Station Road

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with some panes deptct.inq liturgical symbols. The ceiling is low butpeaked. The 1ectern and pu1 pi t were made by George Ruck and donated byhim about 1958, when the present pews were installed. The reredos of thealtar is original and is white-painted wood in a Gothic style seen inchurches a quarter-century older than this one.

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Church in Maplewood, and several later pastors also had other duties. Theparsonage was completed on the lot north of the church in 1930. It wasbuilt by the Bush Contracting Company for $4,400. A basement was dugunder the church 'in 1942 by members of the congregation. Parking wasexpanded to the south and east of the church through a series of purchasesof lots in 1948, '1960, and 1974. The church was remodel ed in 1955 byWilliam Greenwald &Sons of Kirkwood, extending the chancel to the east.The Educational Butl dtnq was started in 1963 and completed in 1964 todesigns of Charles Dunn and Alvah Johnson, members of Zion.

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of the church is the parsonage. The two yards run together, and theparsonage garage faces south and is approached by a driveway behind thechurch.

17/5695GApril 1992

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