St. Paul's Church, also known as St. Paul's Lutheran Church and Day School and St. Peter's Lutheran, is a historic Lutheran church located at New Melle, St. Charles County, Missouri. It was built in 1860 by A. Carl Schlottmann and is a one-story rectangular limestone rubble block building on a limestone rubble foundation. It features a projecting bell tower added in 1881. St. Paul's Lutheran Church was founded by German immigrants in 1844 and was the first Lutheran Church in St. Charles County.[2]
St. Paul's Church | |
Location | SR D New Melle, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 38°42′31″N 90°52′56″W / 38.70861°N 90.88222°W |
Area | 3.1 acres (1.3 ha) |
Built | 1860, 1881 |
Architect | Schlottmann, A. Carl |
NRHP reference No. | 82004713[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 09, 1982 |
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Noelle Soren and William Schiermeier (August 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Paul's Church" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 9 photographs)
- ^ "Local Map of Boone Duden Historical Society Area". ancestry.com. 2004-06-28. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
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