Basilica of St. Louis, King of France (the old cathedral), Third and Walnut Sts., St. Louis, Mo.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Basilica of St. Louis, King of France (the old cathedral), Third and Walnut Sts., St. Louis, Mo.

[ca. 1960–1979]

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Present church begun in 1831 on property set aside for religious use when St. Louis was founded in 1764. The old cathedral was once the mother church for a diocese almost as vast as the entire American West.

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