الحادي و. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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نوفمبر 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. لويس”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. لويس, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, إدوارد وماغدالينا Mosblech, and their 14 الأطفال. سانت. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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1802 N. Jefferson Gone

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1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Louis Place neighborhood. I originally wrote about the building in 2013 but it was demolished sometime before March 2015. The building is part of an area being developed for a government complex in St. لويس, so it was not able to be saved. These pictures are

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Murder at 2912 واشنطن

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Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, الحادي و. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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The Big House on Cook Avenue

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A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. لويس, ميسوري. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. اليوم, 4200 Cook is

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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في أيلول 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. لويس’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. سانت. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. لويس’ South

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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يوم السبت, مارس 12, 1904, الحادي و. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. لويس’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran and the detectives

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Nine Boys and A Man Fall Down Shaft

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في ليلة باردة في يناير كانون الثاني 1904, عند مدينة سانت. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. كان 5:45 مساءا. on January 13th at the old Brown Shoe Company factory at the corner of Washington Avenue and North Eleventh Street. Time for the men to

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قصة اثنين من قاعات Turnvereine

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مصير الكثير من سانت. لويس’ المباني التاريخية القديمة تثبت القول المأثور العقارات. انها كل شيء عن الموقع, موقع, موقع. إذا كان المبنى في الجنوب سانت. لويس, كان لديه فرصة أفضل للحفظ من مبنى على الجانب الشمالي. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except

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General Sherman’s St. Louis Home

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General William Tecumseh Sherman of Civil War fame had deep roots in St. Louis stretching back to 1843. As a soldier, he was assigned to Jefferson Barracks. He was also involved in St. Louis businesses as the St. Louis Street Railroad Company President until he left St. Louis for the Civil War in 1861. After the war, الحادي و. لويس’ citizens

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Sgt. King’s Home on Lotus Avenue

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I previously wrote about an incident in which a Detective Sergeant for the St. Louis Police was shot during a robbery attempt. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. لويس التاريخ, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue was the home of Sgt. King in

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