Second Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Missouri)

	Second Presbyterian Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	St. Louis Landmark
	Church on a 1907 postcard
Location	4501 Westminster Pl., St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38°38′51″N 90°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
Added to NRHP	September 11, 1975

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.^[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.

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Second Presbyterian Church St. Louis, Missouri". American Presbyterians. 68 (3): 206. Fall 1990. JSTOR 23332669.
^ ^a ^b "History and Architecture". Second Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
^ "Four-Manual Schantz to St. Louis Church" (PDF). The Diapason. 55 (3): 1. February 1964.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[secondpresb-2] "Second Presbyterian Church St. Louis, Missouri". American Presbyterians. 68 (3): 206. Fall 1990. JSTOR 23332669.

[handh-3] "History and Architecture". Second Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

[4] "Four-Manual Schantz to St. Louis Church" (PDF). The Diapason. 55 (3): 1. February 1964.

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