Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
Posts about building history particularly focused on St. Louis eraikinaren historia.
Azaroaren on 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 eta Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. St du. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Louis Lekua auzoko. 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
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
A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. 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. Gaur egun, 4200 Cook is
Irailaren 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. St du. 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
Larunbatean, Martxoa 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
Hotza urtarrilean gauean 1904, denean St hirian. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. Izan zen 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
The fate of much of St. Louis’ historic buildings prove the old real estate adage. It’s all about location, location, location. If the building is in the South St. Louis, 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
William Tecumseh General Gerra Zibila ospea Sherman sustrai izan St in. Louis luzatzen itzuli 1843. Soldadu gisa, Jefferson kuartela esleitua izan zen. Halaber St zuen parte hartzen zuten. Louis businesses as the St. Louis Street Railroad Company lehendakaria St utzi zuen arte. Louis for the Civil War in 1861. After the war, St. Louis’ citizens
Aurretik istilurik bati buruz idatzi nuen eta bertan Detective St egiteko Sergeant bat. Louis Polizia lapurreta saiakera batean zehar filmatu zen. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis historia, 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