Свети. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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

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1802 Н. Jefferson Gone

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1802 Н. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Комшилук Луј Место. 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. Лоуис, 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, Свети. 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. Лоуис, Мисури. 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. Данас, 4200 Cook is

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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У суботу, Март 12, 1904, Свети. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Лоуис’ 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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На хладној ноћи јануара у 1904, када град Ст. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. То је био 5:45 сати увече. 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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Прича о два Турнвереине халама

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Судбина много Ст. Лоуис’ историјске зграде доказује стару изреку некретнина. То је све о локацији, локација, локација. Ако је зграда у Јужној Ст. Лоуис, она има веће шансе да буде сачуван од зграде на северној страни. 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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Опште Вилијам Тецумсех Шерман грађанског рата славе имао дубоке корене у Ст. Луис се протеже уназад до 1843. Као војник, он је добио Јефферсон касарни. Он је такође био укључен у Ст. Louis businesses as the St. Луј Улица железничка Фирма председник док је он напустио Ст. Louis for the Civil War in 1861. After the war, Свети. Лоуис’ Грађани

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Сгт. King’s Home on Lotus Avenue

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Ја раније писао о инциденту у коме детектив наредник за Ст. Луј Полиција је убијен током покушаја пљачке. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Лоуис историја, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Лотус авенији био је дом Сгт. Краљ у

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