St. Paul's Church (New Melle, Missouri)

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St. Paul's Church
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LocationSR D
New Melle, Missouri
Coordinates 38°42′31″N90°52′56″W / 38.70861°N 90.88222°W / 38.70861; -90.88222
Area3.1 acres (1.3 ha)
Built1860, 1881
ArchitectSchlottmann, A. Carl
Website https://www.stpaulsnewmelle.com/
NRHP reference No. 82004713 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 09, 1982

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]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 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)
  3. "Local Map of Boone Duden Historical Society Area". ancestry.com. 2004-06-28. Retrieved 2010-08-24.