Crews are finishing the demolition of the historical St. Augustine Church in north St. Louis, which has been the scene of three fires in the past two years, with the final demolition set for Friday.

Demolition begins at former St. Augustine Catholic Church in St. Louis on March 29, 2024, after the church experienced its third fire in two years on March 18, 2024.

The St. Louis Fire Department responded last Monday to a fire at the former St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, located at 3114 Lismore St. in the St. Louis Place neighborhood.

Firefighters work the scene of a fire in the vacant, former St. Augustine church building, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, near the intersection of West Hebert Street and Lismore Street in St. Louis.

Firefighters in north St. Louis worked to put out a fire at around 7 p.m. at the vacant St. Augustine Catholic Church at the intersection of West Hebert Street and Lismore Street.

St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church started with promise in 1874, when the land around the new parish, in what is now the St. Louis Place neighborhood, was still rural. Within five years, the humble ...

The school later relocated St. Augustine to Bay St. Louis in 1923. The first four black priests were ordained in 1934. “Anthony Bourges, Maurice Rousseve, Francis Wade, Vincent Smith.

The Order of St Augustine is an order of the Catholic church founded in the 13th century, with a presence around the world—including, for a time, a slight presence here in St. Louis. The order ran a ...

Crews are finishing the demolition of the historical St. Augustine Church in north St. Louis, which has been the scene of three fires in the past two years, with the final demolition set for Friday.