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Catholic
Church Rectory
Block 59B
Block 59C

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First Catholic Church in St. Louis. Second Street between Walnut and Market Streets.
Ink on paper by Clarence Hoblitzelle, 1897. Acc. #1897.22.4
Courtesy of Missouri Historical Society

[Block 59A]

This was the stone house built for the pastor of Colonial St. Louis' Catholic Church. This rectory measured 27 x 45 feet, was built of stone in 1771 and occupied until after 1820.

Most of the leading citizens of St. Louis signed this document in 1770, deeding the property in Block 59 to the Catholic Church forever. The signature of Pierre Laclede Liguest can be seen in the lower left hand corner.

From "St. Louis, the Fourth City, 1764-1909" by Walter B. Stevens, St. Louis, Missouri: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1909.