Built 1887 NRHP Reference # 72001558 Opened 1887 Added to NRHP 19 June 1972 | MPS LaSalle Park MRA Designated STLL 1971 Phone +1 314-231-0141 Architect Adolphus Druiding | |
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Location 11th and 12th Sts. between Carroll St. and Lafayette Ave. St. Louis, Missouri Address 1625 S 11th St, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Sacred Heart Roman C, Immaculate Conception Church a, St Liborius Church and Build, St Joseph Roman Catholic, St John the Evangelis | ||
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.
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History
St. John Nepomuk was established as a national Bohemian parish in 1854. It was the first such parish founded in the United States. 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. 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. The parish was closed in 2005, but the church building has remained active as a chapel.
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. The exterior of the church is composed of brick, which blends in with the other buildings on Soulard.