308 St. Charles Ave., Beaverville, Illinois. County/parish: Iroquois.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 02, 1996. NRIS 96000514.
3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing object.
St. Mary's Catholic Church, known as the "Prairie Cathedral" or the "Cathedral of the Cornfields", is a Roman Catholic church in Beaverville, Illinois. The Romanesque Revival church was built in 1909–1911. The church features two towers and a tiled dome roof; it is both the tallest and most prominent landmark in Beaverville. In 1996, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892998