Officially, in Church doctrine this is a chapel, but in form it is a church. Like many of the houses of worship in the older part of the city, this building needed a new use when the density of the surrounding area declined, and is now operated by the Society of St. Pius. You can read about it here.
It’s a great example of English Gothic Revival, which is rare this deep in the city. Normally I see expression of the French or German, or even before that, the Neoclassical of George I. Barnett.
And it is a survivor, just barely getting demolished for the Truman Parkway and the nearby housing projects.
The back of the church features a truncated choir that ends at the transepts, with a diminutive pentagonal apse. I like it, and it is in great condition.
Most interesting are these engaged buttresses which do not terminate in the ground, but rather return to the wall before the cut stone foundation courses.
