On I-44 outside St. Louis, a few miles or so east of the I-270 interchange, you can see to your right (if you’re driving westbound) a building that looks like it might have at one time or another been a church. It’s all white, with columns on the front porch, but there is no steeple, cross, or any other insignia to indicate a church. The building looks sort-of like this place, particularly with regard to the front porch area. The building is all white.
But here’s the weird part. On the triangular facade above the porch (sorry, I don’t know what it’s called, but you know what I’m talking about), there is a symbol that looks for all the world like the infinity symbol. At least, that’s the best that I can tell when I’m going 70mph.
Any idea what this place is? I gather it’s a structure of some sort of religious significance, perhaps a gathering place or study center for an alternative religion(s)?
I beleive you are speaking of the relatively new Mormon Temple http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/cgi-bin/pages.cgi?saint_louis
It has a steeple, but I don’t think the steeple is easily visible from 270. The place is so super-secret on the inside that the Temple has its own fire department. Or at least the trained fire fighters have to be Mormons. The view from 270 is quite striking.
The Mormon temple isn’t on 44, either - it’s off the 270/40 interchange.
I think I know the structure you’re talking about. If it’s near the Big Bend exit (just east of Lindbergh) then it’s a new structure - the relatively new mauseoleum belonging to Forever Oak Hill Cemetary. It does have an infinity sign on the front and looks rather like the picture you posted. Picture HERE on the cemetary’s website.
