St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Τον Νοέμβριο του 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard και Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. Το St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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1802 Ν. Jefferson Gone

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1802 Ν. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Louis Place γειτονιά. 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. Louis, so it was not able to be saved. These pictures are

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Murder at 2912 Ουάσιγκτον

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Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, St. 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. Louis, Μιζούρι. 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. Σήμερα, 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. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Το St. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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Το Σάββατο, Μάρτιος 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ 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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Σε μια κρύα νύχτα του Ιανουαρίου 1904, όταν η πόλη του St. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. Ήταν 5:45 μ.μ. 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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Μια ιστορία δύο Turnvereine Halls

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Η τύχη του ένα μεγάλο μέρος της St. Louis’ ιστορικά κτίρια αποδεικνύουν την παλαιά παροιμία ακινήτων. Είναι όλα σχετικά με την τοποθεσία, τοποθεσία, τοποθεσία. Εάν το κτίριο είναι στο South St. Louis, έχει μια καλύτερη πιθανότητα να σωθεί από ένα κτίριο στη Βόρεια Πλευρά. 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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Στρατηγός William Tecumseh Sherman of fame Εμφυλίου Πολέμου είχε βαθιές ρίζες στο St. Louis εκτείνεται πίσω 1843. Ως στρατιώτης, διορίστηκε στο Jefferson Στρατώνες. Συμμετείχε επίσης στο St. Louis businesses as the St. Louis Οδός Railroad Company Πρόεδρος μέχρι που έφυγε St. Louis for the Civil War in 1861. After the war, St. Louis’ citizens

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Sgt. King’s Home on Lotus Avenue

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Έχω ήδη έγραψε για ένα περιστατικό κατά το οποίο ένας λοχίας Ντετέκτιβ για το St. Louis Αστυνομία γυρίστηκε κατά τη διάρκεια μιας απόπειρας ληστείας. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis ιστορία, 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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