Cancel anytime. Msgr. James Holfich, pastor of the parish Church of St. Louis King of France (Old Cathedral), takes pictures of workers demolishing the old rectory in January 1961. The demolition ...

The St. Louis Cathedral has been the city’s center of worship for over 280 years, but the current building has stood for almost 175 years.

ST. LOUIS — A man used construction equipment to drop a heavy boom lift onto a sculpture that has stood for 25 years outside St. Louis’ Cathedral Basilica, badly damaging it, police said.