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

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Historic church in Missouri, United States United States historic place
St. Peter's Catholic Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationSouthwest of Rensselaer on Route 2, near Rensselaer, Missouri
Coordinates39°37′11″N 91°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
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. It is the church on the site where Augustus Tolton, the first ordained African American Catholic priest, was baptized.

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

References

  1. ^ "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.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City
Bishops
Joseph M. Marling
Michael Francis McAuliffe
John R. Gaydos
Shawn McKnight
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Cathedral of Saint Joseph
Parishes
Sacred Heart Church, Rich Fountain
St. Martin's Church, Starkenburg
St. Joseph Church, Westphalia
Former parishes
St. Mary's Church, Adair
St. Paul Church, Center
Old St. Patrick's Church, Gravois Mills
St. Peter's Church, Rensselaer
Shrine
Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows, Starkenburg
Education
High schools
Helias High School, Jefferson City
Sacred Heart High School, Sedalia
Father Tolton Regional Catholic High School, Columbia
Priests
Anthony O'Connell
Other
Alphonse J. Schwartze Memorial Catholic Center


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