Name: St. Francis Xavier Church
Architect: Barry Byrne and Joseph Shaughnessy
Sculpture: Alfonzo Lanelli
Year Designed: 1949
Builder: Unknown
Year Built: 1951
Size: Unknown
Location: 1001 E. 52nd Street, Kansas City, MO
Type: Religious
Style: Moderne with Prairie Style influences
Status: Good
Photo Credit: Robert McLaughlin
The plan of this church is unique in that it is in the shape of fish. Byrne did another church with the same plan and similar massing at the St. Columba Church in St. Paul Minnesota at the same time.