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Photograph of Old St. Ferdinand Shrine
Photograph by Chuck Morris, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

St. Ferdinand's Shrine Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

“Ferdinand Shrine and Historic Site is a historic Catholic shrine and former parish church located at no. 1 rue St. The Shrine and Historic Site consists of four historic buildings on their original locations: the 1819 convent, 1821 church, 1840 rectory, and 1888 schoolhouse.”

Wikipedia article Old St. Ferdinand Shrine, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 663 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 1979 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Between Cold Water and Fountain Creeks, Florissant, 63031
  • When was it listed? September 1979
  • Category. district
  • Also known as. St. Ferdinand City MRA
  • Township. Florissant township
  • National Register reference number. 79003759 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of St. Ferdinand's Shrine Historic District: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this property

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florissant, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 27 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007LightningFlorissant1 killedA 25 year old man was killed by a lightning strike while he was walking along the 1800 block of North New Florissant Road.
April 2001HailFlorissant$400,000,000no account filed
February 2006HailFlorissant$500,000no account filed
April 1993Thunderstorm WindFlorissant$50,000Storm spotters reported hail up to 1.25 inch in diameter near Creve Coeur Lake at 2128 CST. A roof was damaged on a restaurant on north Highway 67 in Florissant shortly after that. Emergency Management officials reported 1.00-inch-diameter hail up a foot deep along buildings in Bridgeton.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindFlorissant$15,000Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs, as well as several power lines. Also, minor shingle damage to a couple of homes.
April 1993HailFlorissant$5,000An off-duty NWS employee in Florissant reported 1.00-inch hail.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindFlorissant$300Several large trees were blown down across west and northern parts of the county. Winds gusts were recorded at 50 to 55 mph.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs.
March 2020HailFlorissant-A wide swath of large hail between an inch and 1.25 inches in diameter fell along the I-270 corridor in northern portions of St. Louis County. Large hail was reported in Florrisant, Black Jack and Spanish Lake.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Thunderstorm winds blew down a one foot diameter tree.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs in Florissant. One tree limb broke a windshield on a car.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Numerous large tree limbs and several power lines were blown down.
May 2007HailFlorissant-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail in Florissant.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Numerous reports of trees, tree limbs and power lines blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-More tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. Also, several power lines were blown down at the intersection of Lindbergh and New Halls Ferry Road.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-A large oak tree was downed in Sioux Passage Park.
May 2004HailFlorissant-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 2002HailFlorissant-The County Emergency Management Agency reported nickel size hail.
October 2000HailFlorissant-The general public reported 3/4 inch hail in Florissant.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-The St. Louis County Police reported numerous power lines down in north St. Louis County.
May 1995HailFlorissant-Reported by local law enforcement agencies.
April 1994HailFlorissant-Reported by the public.
April 2016HailFlorissant-no account filed
September 2012HailFlorissant-no account filed
April 2011HailFlorissant-no account filed
April 2011HailFlorissant-no account filed
October 2010HailFlorissant-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
August 2005HailFlorissant-no account filed
May 2004HailFlorissant-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
April 2001HailFlorissant-no account filed
April 2001HailFlorissant-no account filed
October 2001HailFlorissant-no account filed
April 2000HailFlorissant-no account filed
April 2000HailFlorissant-no account filed
June 1999HailFlorissant-no account filed
June 1998HailFlorissant-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
May 1998HailFlorissant-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
May 1998HailFlorissant-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
May 1996HailFlorissant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Reeb House0.1 miles1979
Tebeau House0.2 miles1979
Louisa Garrett House0.2 miles2007
Casa Alvarez0.3 miles1976
Moller House0.3 miles1979
Schmidt House0.3 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79003759 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Louis CountyAll 663 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.