William Swekosky, St. Raymond’s Church, LaSalle Street, 1940-59, Missouri History Museum, N05218
St. Raymond’s began in 1912 a short distance from St. Anthony the Hermit. And like its predecessor, it was inside an old house; in this case it looks to have been a Second Empire duplex shorn of its Mansard roof.
View of the altar in St. Raymond’s Catholic Church, 933 La Salle Street near the intersection of La Salle Street and 10th Street. Negative. Sievers, Isaac, 1886-1954. May 29, 1939. In Copyright. Rights holder: St. Raymond’s Catholic Church (Saint Louis, Mo.). Missouri History Museum, P0403-08764-01-8a.
The interior of what looks to be a large expansion out the back of the former houses was highly ornate, along with a grotto structure, which can be seen below.
Priest posing next to a shrine at St. Raymond’s Catholic Church, 933 La Salle Street near the intersection of La Salle Street and 10th Street. Negative. Sievers, Isaac, 1886-1954. May 29, 1939. In Copyright. Rights holder: St. Raymond’s Catholic Church (Saint Louis, Mo.). Missouri History Museum. P0403-08764-02-8a.
As far as I can tell, worship continued in this structure until 1975, when the new building which can be spotted with its squat dome was constructed. With an address of 931 LaSalle Street, what is now the parking lot of the new cathedral is the former location of the old church.
James Carrington, Francis Zayek giving mass at St. Raymond’s Church, February 28, 1970, Missouri History Museum, P0203-00598.
I wasn’t able to get very close, but the whole area has dramatically changed from when this was a dense and bustling neighborhood.
