<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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בנובמבר 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. לואיס”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. לואיס, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, אדוארד ומגדלנה Mosblech, and their 14 ילדים. סנט. 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. לואיס, so it was not able to be saved. These pictures are

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Murder at 2912 וושינגטון

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Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". 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. לואיס, מיזורי. 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. היום, 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. לואיס’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. סנט. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. לואיס’ South

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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ביום שבת, מרץ 12, 1904, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. לואיס’ 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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בלילה קר בינואר ב 1904, כאשר העיר סנט. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. זה היה 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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סיפורן של שתי Turnvereine אולמות

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גורלם של חלק גדול מסנט. לואיס’ מבנים היסטוריים מוכיחים את הפתגם הישן הנדל"ן. זה הכול עניין של מיקום, מקום, מקום. אם הבניין הוא בדרום סנט. לואיס, יש לו סיכוי טוב יותר להינצל מבניין בצד הצפון. 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, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". לואיס’ 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. היסטורית לואיס, 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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