Tragic, terrible news arrived on February 23, when fire severely damaged the historic Quinn AME Chapel in Carondelet. I looked at the African American church back in December of 2020. As others have noted, due its construction in 1869, the building is perhaps the only one left built by the former independent town of Carondelet.
As we remarked recently, while the fire is in itself tragic, the fact that the historic congregation seemed to have disbanded several years ago is perhaps even more sad. One more institution has vanished as the population of St. Louis declines.
