Saint Thomas More Catholic Church, Summit Avenue, Summit Hill, Saint Paul, MN
Built between 1919 and 1925 in the Romanesque Revival style, this church, originally known as St. Luke’s Catholic Church, was designed by John Theodore Comès and William Perry of the firm Comès, Perry and McMullen, as well as the Walter Butler Co. Inc. The building features a “basilica” floor plan, barrel vault ceilings and roman arches, a facade clad in limestone with lots of carved decoration, and a tile roof with multiple colors of tile mixed in. The church is a contributing structure in the Historic Hill District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The church became known as Saint Thomas More Catholic Church in 2008 when the parishes of St. Luke, founded in 1888, and The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, founded in 1949, were combined into a single congregation.
Saint Thomas More Catholic Church, Summit Avenue, Summit Hill, Saint Paul, MN
Built between 1919 and 1925 in the Romanesque Revival style, this church, originally known as St. Luke’s Catholic Church, was designed by John Theodore Comès and William Perry of the firm Comès, Perry and McMullen, as well as the Walter Butler Co. Inc. The building features a “basilica” floor plan, barrel vault ceilings and roman arches, a facade clad in limestone with lots of carved decoration, and a tile roof with multiple colors of tile mixed in. The church is a contributing structure in the Historic Hill District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The church became known as Saint Thomas More Catholic Church in 2008 when the parishes of St. Luke, founded in 1888, and The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, founded in 1949, were combined into a single congregation.