Rev. J. G. White visited St. Louis as a Missionary, and preached his first sermon Dec. 31, 1848, in Corinthian Hall. On the 25th Mach, 1849, he organized a Sabbath-school with eight teachers and thirty-two scholars in the Odd Fellows Hall. On the 29th of April, with the aid of J. R. Lowrence, he organized the church, consisting of fourteen members.

In 1851, the present location corner of St. Charles and Eleventh streets, was secured from James H. Lucas, Esq., on a lease of twenty years, and through the vigorous and persevering efforts of Mr. White, the edifice was erected in 1851. In 1859 the congregation bought the ground for $15,000, with the understanding that Rev. W. W. Suddath, who was a warm friend of the enterprize, would raise $10,000 in the bounds of the church at large, and the congregation raise the balance. Mr. Suddath entered upon his mission with great zeal, but his death interrupted his labors. (A Memoir of Rev. W. W. Suddath will be found in The Presbyterian Historical Almanac for 1861, pp. 236, 237.)

Rev. J. G. White continued in charge of the congregation until January, 1860, when he resigned and the Board of Missions, at the request of the congregation, appointed Rev. L. C. Ransom, and he entered upon his labors, Feb. 22, 1860.

The Elders are Messrs. A. F. Cox and John J. Holliday. The Sabbath-school has ten teachers and sixty scholars.

The building is 55 feet by 80, and the audience-room will seat 500 persons; the lecture-room 225.

The state of the country has had a depressing influence upon the prosperity of the church, but it is hoped and believed that they will be able to pay the amount due on their lot.
[Source: The Presbyterian Historical Almanac and Annual Remembrancer of the Church, by Joseph M. Wilson , vol. 3-4, 1861-1862, page 285]