St. Louis Church stands at Main and Edward Streets. The land was given as a New Years Gift in 1829 by Louis Etienne LeCouteulx de Caumont; a French nobleman, first resident catholic of the village of Buffalo, first clerk of Niagara County and agent of the Holland Land Company. The first church on the site was completed in 1832 by the first resident catholic priest of Buffalo, John Nicholas Mertz. This church, hewn out of logs from the Iroquois Forest, was named the Lamb of God, and served the congregation until a second brick church was completed in 1843 and renamed St. Louis Church. the second church was destroyed by fire in 1885. The present Church, built from 1886-1889 was designed by the New York firm of Schickel and Ditmar. The church built from medina sandstone follows the continental gothic style and boasts of the highest open laced spire in the United States. Windows were executed by Riester and Frohe and the Royal Art Glass Institute of Munich.
