St. Peter's Catholic Church (Rensselaer, Missouri)

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St. Peter's Catholic Church
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LocationSouthwest of Rensselaer on Route 2, near Rensselaer, Missouri
Coordinates 39°37′11″N91°36′14″W / 39.61972°N 91.60389°W / 39.61972; -91.60389 Coordinates: 39°37′11″N91°36′14″W / 39.61972°N 91.60389°W / 39.61972; -91.60389
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1862
Built byKielty, Rev. Francis M.; Hogan, Martin
NRHP reference No. 80002392 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 1980

St. Peter's Catholic Church, also known as Brush Creek Church, is a historic Roman Catholic church located near Rensselaer, Ralls County, Missouri. The church was built about 1862, and is a one-story, rectangular limestone building with limestone and sandstone ornamentation. It is topped by a gable roof with belfry. It features lancet windows and has a frame two-room addition sheathed in weatherboard. [2] :2 It is the church on the site where Augustus Tolton, the first ordained African American Catholic priest, was baptized. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Janice R. Cameron, Thomas Miskell, Fr. John Groner, and James M. Denny (June 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Peter's Catholic Church" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes 5 photographs from 1979)
  3. Poletti, Mary (January 24, 2011). "Grant, sainthood cause drive preservation of historic Ralls County church". Quincy Herald-Whig . Quincy, Illinois. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2011.