County of building: St. Charles County
Location of building: N 6th St. & Franklin St., NW corner, St. Charles
Phone: (636) 949-9190
Built: 1929
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Architectural Style: Vernacular - Gable Front
Original Occupant: Assembly of God Gospel Mission
Historic District Map
This is a Bible base faith congregation, and leans on family values. They are of the modern style, with music and tambourines, etc in the song segments of their services. This is a small congregation.
"St. Charles Family Church. We Believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God." ~ Facebook
"Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement that emphasizes direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, an event that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31).
"Like other forms of evangelical Protestantism, Pentecostalism adheres to the inerrancy of the Bible and the necessity of the New Birth: an individual repenting of their sin and "accepting Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior". It is distinguished by belief in the "baptism in the Holy Spirit" that enables a Christian to "live a Spirit-filled and empowered life". This empowerment includes the use of spiritual gifts: such as speaking in tongues and divine healing. Because of their commitment to biblical authority, spiritual gifts, and the miraculous, Pentecostals see their movement as reflecting the same kind of spiritual power and teachings that were found in the Apostolic Age of the Early Church. For this reason, some Pentecostals also use the term "Apostolic" or "Full Gospel" to describe their movement. ~ Wikipedia
"64. 801 North Sixth Street; Old Assembly of God Gospel Mission; Gable Front; 1929; Noncontributing
This 1-story, front-gabled church has a concrete block foundation and concrete block walls that have been covered with vinyl siding. The parapeted front wall is divided into 5 sections, with the center 3
projecting slightly. The first, third and fifth sections have horizontal siding while the siding in the other 2 sections is placed diagonally. Centered on the façade is a pair of paneled doors with oval lights with metal cames and above is a gabled hood that covers the small concrete stoop. Above the hood is a large cruciform-shaped opening filled with glass blocks. The south elevation has (from front to rear) a 1/1 double-hung wood window, a paneled door and a 1/1 wood window, 2 pairs of 1/1 wood windows, and a single 1/1 window. A handicap ramp is at the east end of the south elevation, leading to the side entrance. The basement windows are 3/1 double-hung wood sashes. An exterior end brick chimney is on the rear elevation. The building is noncontributing due to the installation of vinyl siding over the concrete block walls and the replacement of the doors." ~ NRHP Nomination Form PDF page 34
"Built: 1929
Style: Gable Front
According to the city directories, this church was built in 1929 for the Assembly of God Gospel Mission and the building is shown on the
1929 Sanborn Insurance map.
"Located at the northwest corner of Sixth and Decatur Streets, the St. Charles Pentecostal Church of God is a 1-story, front-gabled
structure. The building has a concrete block foundation and the 1929 Sanborn Insurance map appears to indicate that the walls are
concrete block, but they have been covered with vinyl siding. The front wall, which is parapeted, is divided into 5 sections, with the
center 3 projecting slightly. The siding in the first, third and fifth sections is horizontal while the siding in the other two sections is placed
diagonally. Centered on the façade is a pair of paneled doors with oval lights with metal cames. Above the door is a gabled hood, which
covers the small concrete stoop, and above the hood is a large cruciform-shaped opening filled with glass blocks. The south elevation
has 5 openings (from front to rear): a 1/1 double-hung wood window, a paneled door and a 1/1 wood window, 2 pairs of 1/1 wood windows, and a single 1/1 window. A handicap ramp is at the east end of the south elevation, leading to the side entrance. The basement windows are 3/1 double-hung wood sashes. An exterior end brick chimney is on the rear elevation. The building is noncontributing due to the installation of vinyl siding over the concrete block walls and the replacement of the doors.
"This 43’x150’ corner lot slopes from front to rear and public sidewalks extend down the front and part of the south lot lines. A concrete sidewalk leads from Sixth Street to the entrance, and small landscape beds edged with timbers are to each side of the doorway.
Immediately behind the church building is a storage shed, but it is not being counted in the inventory since it is movable." ~ St. Charles Historic Survey Phase IV, PDF pages 282-285