St. Peter's Catholic Church (Rensselaer, Missouri)

	St. Peter's Catholic Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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
Added to NRHP	November 14, 1980

St. Peter's Catholic Church, also known as Brush Creek Church, is a historic Roman Catholic church located near Rensselaer, Ralls County, Missouri. The 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 It is the church on the site where Augustus Tolton, the first ordained African American Catholic priest, was baptized.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

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.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[DNR-2] 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)

[3] 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.

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Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Joseph Parishes Sacred Heart Church, Rich Fountain St. Martin's Church, Starkenburg St. Joseph Church, Westphalia Former parishes St. Mary's Church, Adair St. Paul Church, Center Old St. Patrick's Church, Gravois Mills St. Peter's Church, Rensselaer Shrine Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows, Starkenburg
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St. Peter's Catholic Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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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 / 39.61972; -91.60389
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