General Sherman’s St. Louis Home

Ġenerali William Tecumseh Sherman 'fama Gwerra Ċivili kellha għeruq fil-fond fil St. Louis jiġġebbed lura għall- 1843. Bħala suldat, L-Armata tal-Istati Uniti assenjat lil Sherman lil Jefferson Barracks. Sherman kien involut ukoll f'ST. Louis businesses as the St. Louis Street vaguni Company President sakemm telaq St. Louis for the Civil War in 1861.

 

After the war, St. Louis’ citizens raised $30,000 to build him a home at 912 N. Garrison Avenue. It was on the northeast corner of the intersection of N. Garrison and Bell Avenue. A better picture of the house can be found by tikklikkja hawn. The house would be in what is the Lucas Heights neighborhood today.

General Sherman lived in the house until the mid-1880s, when he left because of a dispute with the city over a water bill for the mansion. Jew kien minħabba li Sherman ried ikun eqreb lejn uliedu fil-lvant skont liema sors tafda. He lived in New York from 1886 until his death on Valentine’s Day, Frar 14, 1891.

Il-funeral tiegħu kien wieħed mill-ikbar purċissjonijiet tal-funeral fil-belt ta 'St. Louis. General Sherman was laid to rest in St. Louis’ Calvary Cemetery. A story in the May 7, 1901, edizzjoni tal- St. Louis Repubblika talked about the recent purchase of the Sherman Home for $9,500. The purchaser intended to convert the building into a hotel.

L-artiklu ddikjara li d-dar kien fiha tmintax-il kmamar. Ix-xerrej kellu l-intenzjoni li jqatta 'l-istalla u jibni żieda ta' tnax-il kmamar fuq wara tad-dar. Sidien futuri użaw il-palazz bħala lukanda tal-familja.

Qabel is-sidien il-ġodda jibdluha f'lukanda, Is-sid preċedenti uża l-palazz bħala dar tal-kamra. Fil 1930, Is-sid għalaq il-lukanda u biddilha f'dar tal-kamra mill-ġdid. Id-Dar Sherman turi perfettament dak li ġara lill-mansions bikrija f'St. Louis.

Oriġinarjament, the Lucas Heights neighborhood was part of a wealthy neighborhood. Many of the former residents of affluent neighborhoods like Lucas Place moved west. This Wikipedia entry tells a similar tale about Vandeventer Place.

The mansions that they left behind were too large for most families to be able to keep up, so they become rooming houses for transient tenants. Is-sidien il-ġodda ma jagħmlux tiswijiet, u d-djar jaqgħu f'diżabilità. Il-kwartieri sinjuri jimxu lejn il-punent jirrepetu dan il-proċess.

Illum, the Sherman mansion like so many of the old homes in St. Louis has been demolished. Each time it happens a little more of the city’s history disappears. B'numru ta 'eċċezzjonijiet, il-bini mibni qabel 1890 are gone.

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