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St. John Nepomuk Parish
Historic District
St. John Nepomuk Church in 2012
St. John Nepomuk Parish Historic District is located in St. Louis
St. John Nepomuk Parish Historic District
St. John Nepomuk Parish Historic District is located in Missouri
St. John Nepomuk Parish Historic District
St. John Nepomuk Parish Historic District is located in the United States
St. John Nepomuk Parish Historic District
Location11th and 12th Sts. between Carroll St. and Lafayette Ave. St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates 38°36′45″N 90°12′17″W / 38.61250°N 90.20472°W / 38.61250; -90.20472
Built1887
Architect Adolphus Druiding
Architectural style Gothic Revival
MPSLaSalle Park MRA
NRHP reference  No. 72001558 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1972
Designated STLL1971

St. John Nepomuk Parish Historic District is centered on the Catholic parish of St. John Nepomuk in the Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The historic district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

St. John Nepomuk was established as a national Bohemian parish in 1854. It was the first such parish founded in the United States. [2] At one time a Czech language newspaper was published in one of the parish buildings. As the parish grew new church buildings were built in 1873 and 1887. The present church, however, is largely an 1897 reconstruction. [3] The building had been largely damaged in a tornado the previous year. The parish school, which sits across Eleventh Street from the church, was begun in 1869. It was staffed by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. In 1971 the church building and six ancillary buildings were designated a City Landmark in St. Louis and they were listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [4] The parish was closed in 2005, but the church building has remained active as a chapel. [5]

Architecture

Chicago architect Adolphus Druiding designed the Gothic Revival-style church. He is known for the many Catholic churches, schools, rectories and convents that he designed, especially in the Midwestern United States. [6] The exterior of the church is composed of brick, which blends in with the other buildings on Soulard.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "St. John Nepomuk". Archdiocese of St. Louis. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "St. John Nepomuk Church". Built St. Louis. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "St. John Nepomuk Church - City Landmark #35". City of St. Louis. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  5. ^ "Closed Parishes: St. John Nepomuk". Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  6. ^ Roy A., Hampton III (1997). "German Gothic in the Midwest: The parish Churches of Franz Georg Himpler and Adolphus Druiding". U.S. Catholic Historian. 15 (1): 51–74. JSTOR  25154572.
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