Вуліца. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Лістапада 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Луіс”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Луіс, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Эдуард і Магдалена Mosblech, and their 14 children. Санкт-. 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. Луіс, so it was not able to be saved. These pictures are

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Murder at 2912 Washington

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Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, Вуліца. 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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Вялікі дом на Кука праспекце

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122-гадовы цагляны дом дамінуе вулічная сцэна на рагу Уиттиера вуліцы і варыць праспекце ў Санкт. Луіс, Місуры. Будаўнікі ўзвялі 2378 квадратных футаў дом у 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. Калі ўпершыню пабудаваны, 4200 Кухар павінен быў вялікі ўчастак. Сёння, 4200 Cook is

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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У суботу, Сакавік 12, 1904, Вуліца. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Луіс’ 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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У халодны ноччу ў студзені ў 1904, , Калі горад Санкт. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. Гэта было 5:45 p.m. 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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A Tale of Two Turnvereine Halls

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The fate of much of St. Луіс’ historic buildings prove the old real estate adage. It’s all about location, location, location. If the building is in the South St. Луіс, it has a better chance of being saved than a building on the North Side. 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, Вуліца. Луіс’ citizens

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Сяржант. King’s Home on Lotus Avenue

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Я раней пісаў пра інцыдэнт, у якім дэтэктыў сяржант для St. Луі паліцыі быў застрэлены падчас спробы абрабавання. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Луі гісторыя, 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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