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]
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| Location | Southwest of Rensselaer on Route 2, near Rensselaer, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 39°37′11″N 91°36′14″W / 39.61972°N 91.60389°W |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1862 |
| Built by | Kielty, Rev. Francis M.; Hogan, Martin |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002392[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 14, 1980 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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) - ^ 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.
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