St. Peter's Catholic Church (Rensselaer, Missouri)
St. Peter's Catholic Church | |
| Location | Southwest of Rensselaer on Route 2, near Rensselaer, Missouri |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°37′11″N 91°36′14″W / 39.61972°N 91.60389°W |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1862 |
| Built by | Kielty, Rev. Francis M.; Hogan, Martin |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002392[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 14, 1980 |
St. Peter's Catholic Church, also known as Brush Creek Church, is a historic Catholic church near Rensselaer, Ralls County, Missouri.
After an original building constructed in 1845, the current 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.[2]: 2
The church is where Augustus Tolton, the first openly African-American Catholic priest, was baptized; he has since been put on the path to sainthood.[3] The church was closed in 1968, reduced to the status of a chapel, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1][4] A memorial to the enslaved buried in the church's cemetery was blessed in 2025.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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) - ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Jubilee Year of Hope Passport | Diocese of Jefferson City". diojeffcity.org. 2025-02-14. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
- ^ Nies, Jay (2025-04-30). "Jubilee pilgrims with Chicago bishop visit places of Fr. Tolton's Baptism, burial". The Catholic Missourian. Retrieved 2025-05-24.