To say the visit to the former St. Augustine’s the day after the towering inferno that gutted the church was depressing would be an understatement. About the only positive thing I could say is that at least all the timber, potential fuel for another fire (the gigantic piles of wood from the roof collapse), was…
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St. Augustine’s a Week Before the Third Fire
I may have taken some of the only photos of the former St. Augustine’s after the collapse of the roof over the nave sometime in February and before the fire on the night of March 18th. Honestly, it probably wasn’t a terribly good idea for my friend and I to be inside the heavily compromised…
Third Fire at St. Augustine’s
A St. Louis Patina correspondent captured firefighters battling the towering inferno that broke out in the evening of March 18th, devastating St. Augustine’s. At this point, I reluctantly have to admit that it needs to be torn down in the interest of public safety. I think it’s probably arson. What else is there to say…
Roof Collapse, St. Augustine’s
Sometimes there are things in life that are terrible, and no matter what you do, you can’t change them, and you just have to take it. I was driving north on the newly smooth Parnell, heading to St. Augustine’s to get some photography done for another project when the church came into view far in…
St. Augustine’s in the Fog After the Latest Fire
On the afternoon of January 22, another fire broke out in the former St. Augustine’s, but this time it was apparently in the other end of the church, towards the front doors. The damage from the previous fire in the sacristy and apse was severe. It’s hard to tell how much damage occurred because the…
Examining the Damage, St. Augustine’s
I think by now most of my readers know about the serious fire that struck the former St. Augustine’s on the night of December 8th on the western edge of the St. Louis Place neighborhood. I went out early on Saturday to take a look at the church and assess the seriousness of the structural…
Fire at Former St. Augustine’s
Update: I went back and surveyed the damage to St. Augustine’s in this post from December 20, 2022. There was another fire in the front of the church on January 22, 2024. The unthinkable finally happened. A fire broke out in the former St. Augustine’s which had finally been taken under the wing of Project…
St. Augustine’s in the Snow, Mid February 2021
Things are proceeding well with the rehabbing of St. Augustine’s, I’ve been told; it even held up well under the stress of the recent severe cold weather. Thing are looking up.
St. Augustine’s, Sunset, Early May, 2020
I no longer worry about St. Augustine’s like I did in the past, now that young and energetic people are working to save it. But I realized that I can still continue to come by at sunset and photograph the edifice in all its glory. And I’m no longer going to use the tag “Abandoned…
Checking In On St. Augustine’s
Elves have a long history in Western Civilization, going all the way back to Norse mythology. They are often tricksters, causing trouble for humans, but they also sometimes surreptitiously provide help to them, as well. Working in the mists and outside the view of human eyes, their labor is often done beyond the temporal plane…