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of photo in Mabel's hand reads "2nd
Presbyterian church in distance where Sammie
& I were married in 1902. Taken with my
old Kodak." Located in the Central West End
at 4501 Westminster Place, the 2nd
Presbyterian Church was designed in 1900 by
Theodore Link in the same Romanesque style he
used when designing St. Louis's Union
Station.
The present
site located at Westminster Place and Taylor
Avenue is the third location of Second
Presbyterian Church which had been founded in
1838. From 1840 to 1870 it was housed in a
Greek Revival structure at Fifth (Broadway)
and Walnut Streets. In 1870 it relocated to
the western end of fashionable Lucas Place at
Seventeenth Street.
To see a view
of the church interior and its beautiful
architectual design, see the Built in St.
Louis link at bottom.
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