Former Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church

There’s something deeply depressing about the vacant lot at University and and North 25th streets in the St. Louis Place neighborhood. There once stood one of the most unique churches in the Archdiocese, and it burned and was eventually demolished.

Church of the Sacred Heart Catholic church, southeast corner of University and Twenty-fifth Streets, c. 1890, Missouri History Museum, N34223.

Atypical for a Catholic church, it was an auditorium style sanctuary, and probably featured one of the largest unobstructed spaces in St. Louis.

Emil Boehl, Interior view of Church of the Sacred Heart Catholic church at the southeast corner of University and Twenty-Fifth, Missouri History Museum, N34328.

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  1. Tom Vivian says:

    Any idea what year this church was torn down?

    1. cnaffziger says:

      It was demolished in 1986 after the fire in 1981.

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