Built 1862 Opened 1862 Added to NRHP 14 November 1980 | NRHP Reference # 80002392 Area 1 ha | |
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Built by Kielty,Rev. Francis M.; Hogan,Martin Similar St Mary's Church, St Joseph Church, Cathedral of Saint Joseph | ||
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.
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