Built St. Louis
The Beauty of Modernism

First Baptist Church of Maplewood
6815 Page Avenue - Pagedale, inner west County
Architect: Carroll & Dean
Date: 1953

Originally home to the parish of St. Catherine of Sienna-Pagedale, this appears to be a close cousin of the early 1950s sequence designed by Joseph Murphy, mirroring that trio in the style of the building and its stained glass, the latter of which seems similar to the work of Emil Frei elsewhere.

The exterior is heavily geometric. Within, the building is marked by stained glass broken into small panels that work together to achieve varied and delightful effects, disolving entire side walls and pocking the rear wall with flecks of colored light.

The original parish closed in 2001. A small local church community has adopted the building and keeps it in use today.