St. George Catholic Church - Hermann, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 42.260 W 091° 26.385
15S E 635668 N 4285122
German Catholics moved into this area, and built their churches...A bell tower, which still stands today, was constructed for the old church around 1900.
Waymark Code: WM12V3K
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2020
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County of church: Gasconade County
Location of church: W. 4th St. & Mozart St., SE corner, Hermann
Built: 1915
Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
This tower, actually built 15 years before the church, still stands and still rings.
The tower (steeple) rises about 75 feet above the ground, and with this church on top of a hill, about 200 feet above Market St. in downtown, it towers over the area.
"128 West 4th Street, St. George's Catholic Church and Rectory, 1915, Contributing (Survey #410 & 411)
Outbuilding: Retaining wall with garage, contributing; Stone grotto, contributing; St. George
statue, contributing
Though the narrow façade of this church faces Mozart (Church) Street, its address is on W.
4th, likely due to the attached priest's residence connected to the rear of the building. The
brick Basilican plan, Gothic Revival style, church has a 2-plus story nave flanked by one
story aisles on the north and south. There is a slightly projecting entrance bay with peaked
roof topped by a stone cross. The entrance door has a gothic arched transom with trefoil
tracery. Above the entrance is a small, stained glass rose window with stone surround. The
gable-front roof has a corbelled brick cornice of blind gothic arches. A similar corbelling
pattern is seen on the cornice of the two sides. Attached to the rear of the church is the
priest's residence, apparently constructed at the same time as the church. The residence faces
4th street and has a cross gable roof with wide, slightly projecting central gable. The 2 1/2
story residence is 9 bays wide and has a projecting hipped roof entrance vestibule (possibly a
later addition) at the centered entrance. Windows are segmental arched with 2/2 sashes. In
the front gable is a corbelled cornice and two small Gothic arched windows. Two small,
gabled eyebrow windows are located on either side of the central gable. On the western side
of the church is a stone grotto constructed of cobbles and what appears to be volcanic rock.
At the entrance of the rectory is a statue of St. George on a fieldstone base at the center of a
small garden surrounded by a short stone wall. Behind the church is a large parking area
surrounded by a stone and concrete retaining wall. Built into the retaining wall (under the
parking lot) is a garage/storage area with access to the alley." ~ NRHP Nomination Form