With today being St.Agatha's feast day, here is a trio of photos from St. Agatha Catholic Church in St. Louis, Missouri. This Gothic Revival church building is one of many noteworthy churches in The Gateway City.
The initials of St. Agatha sit above the main doors into the church. As with many Gothic churches, buttresses are prevalent. These ones are projecting somewhat unusually from the steeple in a diagonal fashion.
St. Agatha sits just a few blocks south of the Anheuser-Busch (that's Budweiser folks) brewery in the historic Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis. Largely cut off from the more vibrant areas of the neighborhood's bar and restaurant scene, nineteenth century homes are still prevalent around the parish, making for a pleasant walking environment. St. Agatha serves as the parish for Polish-language masses in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
St. Louis' historic wealth of impressive neighborhood catholic churches earned the city a noteworthy moniker as "Rome of the West." Today, a lovely blog, Rome of the West, has a lovely photo set and description of St. Agatha's which you can visit here. The author of Rome of the West has done a fine job of photographing churches in and around the St. Louis metro area and his site is definitely worth a visit!
St. Agatha Church
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