St. Paul's Church, also known as St. Paul's Lutheran Church and Day School and St. Peter's Lutheran, is a historic

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located at New Melle, St. Charles County, Missouri. It was built in 1860 by A. Carl Schlottmann and is a one-story rectangular

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rubble block building on a limestone rubble foundation. It features a projecting bell tower added in 1881. St. Paul's Lutheran Church was founded by German immigrants in 1844 and was the first Lutheran Church in St. Charles County. (includes 9 photographs) The property was listed on the

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in 1982.

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History of St. Paul's
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Churches completed in 1860 German-American culture in Missouri 1844 establishments in Missouri 19th-century Lutheran churches in the United States Buildings and structures in St. Charles County, Missouri Lutheran churches in Missouri National Register of Historic Places in St. Charles County, Missouri {{Missouri-church-stub