קאַמבאַט ספּאָרט היסטאריקער און מאַרשאַל קינסטלער
Posts about building history particularly focused on St. לוי בנין געשיכטע.
אויף נאוועמבער 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. לוי”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. לוי, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, עדואַרד און מאַגדאַלענאַ מאָסבלעטש, and their 14 children. די סט. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
1802 ען. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. לוי אָרט קוואַרטאַל. 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. לוי, 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, סט. 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. לוי, מאַזעראַ. 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. הייַנט, 4200 Cook is
אויף סעפטעמבער 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. לוי’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. די סט. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. לוי’ South
אויף שבת, מאַרץ 12, 1904, סט. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. לוי’ 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
אויף אַ קאַלט יאנואר נאַכט אין 1904, ווען די שטאָט פון סט. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. עס איז געווען 5:45 פּ.ם. 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
דער גורל פון פיל פון סט. לוי’ היסטארישן בנינים באַווייַזן די אַלט גרונטייגנס אַדידזש. עס ס אַלע וועגן אָרט, אָרט, אָרט. אויב דער בנין איז אין די דרום סט. לוי, עס האט אַ בעסער געלעגנהייַט פון זייַענדיק געראטעוועט ווי אַ בנין אויף די צפון זייַט. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
אַלגעמיין וויליאם טעקומסעה שערמאַן פון יידל מלחמה רום האט טיף רוץ אין סט. לוי סטרעטשינג צוריק צו 1843. ווי אַ זעלנער, ער איז געווען אַסיינד צו דזשעפערסאַן באַראַקס. ער איז געווען אויך ינוואַלווד אין סט. Louis businesses as the St. לוי סטריט באַן פֿירמע פרעזידענט ביז ער לינקס סט. Louis for the Civil War in 1861. After the war, סט. לוי’ citizens
איך פריער געשריבן וועגן אַ אינצידענט אין וואָס אַ דעטעקטיווע סערגעאַנט פֿאַר די סט. לוי פּאָליצייַ איז שאָס בעשאַס אַ גנייווע פּרווון. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. לוי געשיכטע, 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