FIRST - Mormon Meeting Place in St. Louis
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 38° 37.789 W 090° 11.229
15S E 744855 N 4279452
Plaque commemorating the first Mormon meeting place in St. Louis is located on the Missouri Athletic Club building in downtown St. Louis.
Waymark Code: WMJY2
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 33

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The plaque reads as follows:

"Site of First Mormon Meeting Place in St. Louis

     On this site from 1854 to 1857 stood the building used
as the first Mormon Church in the St. Louis area.
     Beginning in 1831 and during the difficult days of persecution
that followed, St. Louis provided an oasis of tolerance and
security and was an economic and cultural metropolis offering
religious freedom and employment to thousands of local Mormons
and convert-immigrants en route to western Missouri, Illinois and
later to Utah.

    This marker is erected in appreciation of the continuing
kindness St. Louis has extended to the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints Mormon.

                                   Mormon Pioneer Trail Foundation, 1975"

 

FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group

Date of FIRST: 01/01/1854

More Information - Web URL: Not listed

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