Des Peres Presbyterian Church
Des Peres Presbyterian Church | |
![]() Des Peres Presbyterian Church in 2017 | |
38°37′22″N 90°25′12″W / 38.62278°N 90.42000°W / 38.62278; -90.42000 | |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
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Built | 1834 (1834) |
NRHP reference No. | 78003137[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 14, 1978 |
Des Peres Presbyterian Church (Old Des Peres Church;Old Stone Church) is a historic church on 2255 Geyer Road in Frontenac, Missouri.
It was started in 1834 and was added to the National Register in 1978.
Elijah Parish Lovejoy was an early pastor of the church while also serving as an editor of the abolitionist St. Louis Observer.[2]
Former Major League Baseball players George Sisler and Dave Sisler are buried in the church's cemetery.[3]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Bates, Christopher G. (2015). The Early Republic and Antebellum America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Routledge. p. 588. ISBN 9781317457404. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Faith Des Peres Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Frontenac, Missouri". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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