Pope Leo XIV’s former St. Louis residence is on the market for $1.8M

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Pope Leo XIV’s former St. Louis residence is on the market for $1.8M

ST. LOUIS – Robert Prevost, now known to the world as Pope Leo XIV, made an early stop in his career of becoming a priest in St. Louis during the 1970s.

Prevost, a Chicago native and the first American pope in history, spent his early years studying to become a priest in St. Louis in 1977 and 1978. The now 69-year-old lived at the Immaculate Conception Church in the city’s The Gate District neighborhood.

The church was built in 1890 by the creators of the Cathedral Basilica and

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The former St. Henry Immaculate Conception Church, a massive 15,750-square-foot property, is stretched on 1.26 acres, including two buildings, the church and a rectory.

“There’s a large living room with a fireplace, and there’s a big dining room and seating areas, and then the upstairs is divided into like 10 or 12 rooms,” Patrick Schuchard, owner of Schuchard Projects, said.

The church includes three rose windows, a 60-foot ceiling, and seating for over 1,000 people. The property has the potential of turning into an event space, restaurant, or creative space, 

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Across from the church, a 9,324-square-foot rectory hosts seven bedrooms on the second floor and six more on the third floor, where priests, including Prevost, would previously stay while serving at the church. The rectory also includes a kitchen and living spaces.

Schuchard and his wife, Carol, bought the long-shuddered former church and rectory. They’ve restored other structures around St. Louis like the Bevo Mill, saving interesting buildings and putting businesses in them. He’s willing to part with the former home of the now pope for the right buyer and hopes they’ll turn the property into an inspirational bed-and-breakfast.

“We’re kind of testing the water and seeing if somebody is interested,” he said. “It has to be the right person who kind of knows what to do.”

Schuchard said at one point the church was one of the largest in the St. Louis region.

Before Schuchard purchased the building, the Compton Heights Concert Band purchased the building 20 years from the Archdiocese to use as a concert and practice space.

Schuchard said the property is on the 

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for the church itself and the additional rectory.

“We’ve been giving it a lot of tender loving care, and we’re thrilled to be able to find properties like this in St. Louis and work on them,” Schuchard told FOX 2 in March.

Note: Video above is from March 11

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