Second Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Missouri)

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| caption = Church on a 1907 postcard

| location = 4501 Westminster Pl., St. Louis, Missouri

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| built = {{Start date|1896}}

| architect = Multiple

| architecture = Romanesque architecture, Richardsonian Romanesque

| added = September 11, 1975

| area = {{convert|9.9|acre}}

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Second Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 4501 Westminster Place in St. Louis, Missouri.

History

The congregation was founded in 1838 by the Old School Presbytery of St. Louis.{{cite journal |title=Second Presbyterian Church St. Louis, Missouri |journal=American Presbyterians |volume=68 |issue=3 |page=206 |jstor=23332669 | date = Fall 1990 }} 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.{{cite web|title=History and Architecture|url=http://www.secondchurch.net/history-and-architecture.php|publisher=Second Presbyterian Church|accessdate=15 May 2015}} Thirty years later, in 1870, a second church building was erected on Lucas Place at Seventeenth Street.

The third and current building was completed in 1896. It was designed by German-born architect Theodore C. Link. The adjacent education building was completed in 1931.

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.{{Cite journal |date=February 1964 |title=Four-Manual Schantz to St. Louis Church |url=https://www.thediapason.com/sites/thediapason/files/196402TheDiapason.pdf |journal=The Diapason |volume=55 |issue=3 |page=1}}

The church's Compton Lounge is named after Arthur Compton, who served as an elder in the church.

Architectural significance

File:Church on Taylor in the CWE.jpg

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.

References

Category:Presbyterian churches in Missouri

Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri

Category:Romanesque Revival church buildings in Missouri

Category:Churches completed in 1896

Category:National Register of Historic Places in St. Louis

Category:1896 establishments in Missouri

Category:Churches in St. Louis