Second Presbyterian Church | |
 Church on a 1907 postcard | |
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| Location | 4501 Westminster Pl., St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°38′51″N90°15′20″W / 38.64750°N 90.25556°W |
| Area | 9.9 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1896 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Romanesque architecture, Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 75002140 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 11, 1975 |
Second Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 4501 Westminster Place in St. Louis, Missouri.
The congregation was founded in 1838 by the Old School Presbytery of St. Louis. [2] It has had three buildings. Its first building, designed in the Greek Revival architectural style and completed in 1840, was located at Fifth (Broadway) and Walnut Streets. [3] Thirty years later, in 1870, a second church building was erected on Lucas Place at Seventeenth Street. [3]
The third and current building was completed in 1896. [2] It was designed by German-born architect Theodore C. Link. [2] The adjacent education building was completed in 1931. [2]
A large four-manual pipe organ by the Schantz Organ Company was installed in 1965. The organ's tonal design was provided by the church's minister of music Dr. Charles H. Heaton. [4]
The church's Compton Lounge is named after Arthur Compton, who served as an elder in the church.
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975. [1]
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