Holy Corners Historic District, so named because of its concentration of early 20th century churches, temples and other large buildings of public assembly, is located on both sides of North Kingshighway Boulevard between and including Westminster Place and Washington Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

. On December 29, 1975, the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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Contributing properties

Contributing properties in the district include:

• St. John's Methodist Church, 5000 Washington Boulevard (1902);
• First Church of Christ, Scientist
  First Church of Christ, Scientist (St. Louis, Missouri)
  First Church of Christ, Scientist, is an historic Christian Science church edifice located at 475 North Kingshighway Boulevard , corner of Westminster Place, in St. Louis, Missouri...
  
  , 475 North Kingshighway Boulevard , corner of Westminster Place (1904);
• Racquet Club, 476 North Kingshighway Boulevard (1906);
• Second Baptist Church, 520 North Kingshighway Boulevard (1907);
• Temple Israel, 5001 Washington Boulevard (1908); and
• Tuscan Masonic Temple, 5015 Westminster Place (1908).