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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is in St. Louis, Missouri.

The church was founded in St. Louis's former French Market in 1886 by laymen who wanted to spread the Episcopal doctrine among the "poorer classes of the city." For several years, services were held in stores and tents in the vicinity of Seventh and Hickory streets. Gustavus Tuckerman was appointed superintendent by Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle, effective 1891. He served until 1901.

The building at Sixth and Rutgers streets was erected in 1898 with only one ecclesiastical feature, a cross over the entrance, leading some to call it "A church that looks less like a church than any other in St. Louis."

The St. Louis Star-Times reported that "the work of the mission had developed in such varied and interesting directions that the Paris Exposition of 1900 awarded it a special prize, and in 1904, the St. Louis Exposition awarded it a diploma and a gold medal."