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Posts about building history particularly focused on St. Louis building history.
Sou Novanm 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 and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. St a. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
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. 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. Jodi a, 4200 Cook is
Sou Sèptanm 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 a. 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
Nan samdi, Mas 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
Sou yon mwa janvye lannwit frèt nan 1904, lè vil la nan St. Louis te prepare pou san Patipri nan mond lan ki ta fè l 'pi popilè, overzealous ko-travayè touye sèt ti gason ak yon nonm. Li te 5:45 p.m. sou Janvye 13th a fin vye granmoun Brown Soulye Konpayi faktori a nan kwen an nan Washington Avenue ak North Onzyèm Street. Time for the men to
Sò a nan anpil nan St. Louis’ bildinn istorik pwouve fin vye granmoun provèb nan byen imobilye. Se sou tout kote, kote, kote. Si bilding lan se nan South St la. 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
Jeneral William Tecumseh Sherman nan Lagè Sivil t'ap nonmen non te gen rasin byen fon nan St. Louis etann tounen nan 1843. Kòm yon sòlda, li te asiyen nan Jefferson Barracks. Li te tou patisipe nan 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, St. Louis’ sitwayen
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. Istwa Louis, 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