St. John Methodist Church, Washington Avenue and Kingshighway Boulevard, Central West End, St. Louis, MO
Built in 1902, this Renaissance Revival-style building was designed by Theodore Link for the congregation of St. John Methodist church, established in 1848. The building was constructed in an area that, at the time, was developing as a rather affluent suburban district within the city of St. Louis, and was the result of the church following members of its congregation as they moved westward from their previous neighborhoods closer to Downtown, with the church eventually shuttering due to declining attendance in 2007. The building is clad in limestone with an L-shaped footprint, two-story porticoes with ionic columns on the north and east facades, a tower with ionic pilasters and a domed roof at the intersection of the building’s north and east wings, arched stained glass window bays, two low domes atop pylons flanking the north portico, and an educational wing on the west side of the building. The building is a contributing structure in the Holy Corners Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Today, the church houses an antiques auction house.
St. John Methodist Church, Washington Avenue and Kingshighway Boulevard, Central West End, St. Louis, MO
Built in 1902, this Renaissance Revival-style building was designed by Theodore Link for the congregation of St. John Methodist church, established in 1848. The building was constructed in an area that, at the time, was developing as a rather affluent suburban district within the city of St. Louis, and was the result of the church following members of its congregation as they moved westward from their previous neighborhoods closer to Downtown, with the church eventually shuttering due to declining attendance in 2007. The building is clad in limestone with an L-shaped footprint, two-story porticoes with ionic columns on the north and east facades, a tower with ionic pilasters and a domed roof at the intersection of the building’s north and east wings, arched stained glass window bays, two low domes atop pylons flanking the north portico, and an educational wing on the west side of the building. The building is a contributing structure in the Holy Corners Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Today, the church houses an antiques auction house.