Holy Trinity Catholic Church - St. Louis, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 39.617 W 090° 11.902
15S E 743775 N 4282803
Historic Catholic Church located in the Hyde Park or old Bremen area of north St. Louis.
Waymark Code: WM2Y23
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/08/2008
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Holy Trinity Catholic Church was founded in 1849. The first building was a
humble single story stone building located where the current rectory is located.
The first building was replaced in the 1860's. The second building was torn down
in 1890 to make way for the current church building. The current church designed
by Joseph Conradi is in a late French Gothic revival style. It was completed in
1898, the church has a cruciform plan, 155 feet long by 90 feet wide with finely
carved ornament. The interior, with its high ribbed groin vaults, is also done
in a late Gothic style. An outstanding feature of Holy Trinity Church is its
twin spires which rise to a height of 215 feet and are visible from I-70. When
viewed from above the church has the form of a cross.
Holy Trinity Parish was the mother parish of four other German parishes in
the St. Louis area. The church has remained a center of its community even as
the populations have changed in the area.