The Big House on Cook Avenue

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 not so impressive unless you are fascinated by how much a brick building can decay before it collapses. No one has lived at 4200 Cook consistently since 1989. It does not appear rehabbers can save the structure.

Zoritxarrez, Pare bat eraikinaren rehab 2000ko hamarkadaren hasieran nahi izan, baina hainbeste oztopo azkenean dute frustrazio irten inguruan aurrean 2003. Vandals and neglect wrecked the preliminary work they completed before quitting in frustration.

Tamaina eta arkitektura begira, Dela izan behar izan St aberats bat asmatu dut. Louisan’s home at one time. Hala ere, builders may have sold it as a home with rooms to let. As early as 1901, Familia-pribatua, jabetzakoa 4200 Cook Avenue, maizter bi gela alokatu.

Geroztik eraiki zen 1892, Rooming etxe bat hain azkar bilakatu zen zalantza dut. It would be more likely that the builder designed it as a home and room rental property. I cannot say for sure, ordea.

Azaroaren on 6, 1904, robbers surprised Michael Reiney, nor at Roomed 4200 Cook Avenue. They robbed Reiney of $2 as he walked near Cook and Whittier. The robbers did not injure Reiney. No record exists of the police catching the robbers. Pasarte honek erakusten duen krimen ez da arazo bat modernoa baina bat borrokatu dugu, nahiz eta hasi “Garai onak”.

Urte batzuk gehiago, guztien genezake dute 4200 Cook Avenue pictures da, beraz, begiratu eta pentsa zer 4200 Cook izan zen behin eta berriro izan zitekeen. Too much of St. Louis historia hiriaren inguruan etzanda adreiluz pila.

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