Event: Brick cathedral erected Category: Architecture, Religion Brief Description: A new brick cathedral is erected on Laclede´s church square, commissioned by Bishop Louis William Valentin DuBourg. The first mass is celebrated on Christmas Day, 1819. Through DuBourg´s European contacts, religious art of many types made its way to St. Louis, resulting in a elegantly decorated interior. The exterior, however, was narrow and awkward. It was built on the site of the old log church of Laclede, Vasquez, Cruzat & Father Bernard, on Laclede´s church square between 2nd & 3rd Streets, just west of Auguste Chouteau´s home. It was replaced by the current Old Cathedral of St. Louis of France within a decade [Primm 96, 97; Ravensway 173]. Year: 1819 Decade: 1810 - 1819 Beginning Date: 1819 Ending Date: Dec. 25, 1819 |
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