Besides the iconic staircase at Fort Bellefontaine, there is also a spring that legends claim served as a water source for Lewis and Clark’s expedition. Back up on top of the bluff, past the staircase,…
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Fort Bellefontaine Staircase
Fort Bellefontaine Park, far north at the very end of Bellefontaine Road (Broadway in the city) remains one of the most beautiful but neglected sites in the region. What is interesting about the site is…
This House Would Never Be Built Today
This house shows the density at which St. Louis was built. Taking into consideration the street and alley, the house is a wedged shaped pile of brick. No one would fit a house so elegantly…
Across the Street from Bellefontaine Cemetery
This house in the Walnut Park neighborhood sits across the street from the current main entrance of Bellefontaine Cemetery. I suspect that it originally housed workers for the cemetery, as its style of architecture is…
William Humphreys Tomb?
This Gothic tomb hugs the side of a hillside in Bellefontaine Cemetery; I could find no writing on it, just a plaque in the ground to the right of the tomb with “Wm. Humphreys” written…
Richard Barnes Mason Monument, Bellefontaine Cemetery
You learn something new everyday. Having just viewed the George Taylor Mausoleum, we went down the hill and examined this large and very unique tombstone. Descendent of the famous Founding Father George Mason, Richard…
George R. Taylor Mausoleum, Bellefontaine Cemetery
Set aside from many of the other monuments in Bellefontaine Cemeter lies the stately George R. Taylor Mausoleum, tucked into the side of the hill and constructed of what appears to be pink granite. Taylor…
Early Houses, Fox Park and Benton Park West
I’ve continued to be interested in the first generation of houses that appeared out Gravois Avenue past Jefferson in the years after the Civil War. They’re often isolated now, sitting amongst the primary period of…
Metropolitan Christian Center
This massive, beautiful edifice sits tucked away just a block away from busy Gravois on Potomac. I was unable to come up with a date of construction, as the cornerstone is obscured by heavy underbrush…
Converted Storefront
This building is interesting; it has been rehabbed into a house, with the first floor clearly having been a store at one point. It looks like the roof may have been reconstructed as well.
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