The Cathedral of St. Peter, the head church of the Diocese of Belleville, sits to the south of downtown. It is a Gothic Revival edifice, but with some interesting (strange?) Modernist renovations. Perhaps what is…
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Belleville Diocese Chancery
Adam Gintz House
Adam Gintz, the founder of the Western Brewery of Belleville (not to be confused with Adam Lemp’s Western Brewery) lived in this house before moving up town in 1895. It is one of the few…
Belleville, Sidestreets
Belleville is not just some suburb of St. Louis; it has long been the county seat of St. Clair County, the seat of a bishop and has its own unique architectural style, while similar to…
Downtown Belleville
Downtown Belleville shows the signs of a central business district that never hit the skids; it is well-occupied, and with numerous slip-covers from the 1950′s and 60′s, it shows that owners updated their buildings frequently…
The Old Stag Brewery’s Legacy, Belleville
There’s not much left of the old Stag Brewery in the northwest corner of the historic central area of Belleville. There’s the office building, which looks to be from around the 1940′s, and the warehouse…
Mary Chapel, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
The Mary Chapel at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows is easily one of the most unique interiors I have entered. It really is the back stage of the exterior facing shrine, and…
Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, in the Snow
What better time to go out to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville? It is dedicated to a snowstorm that hit the Esquiline Hill in Rome centuries ago during the spring….
Armour Meat Packing Plant, Surviving Another Season
I’m always amazed to see the Armour Meat Packing Plant still standing whenever I drive by. It must be on its last leg, as the new bridge is opening soon and the property values are…
Old Parks College, Cahokia, Illinois
A reader sent me some fascinating shots of the now-abandoned Parks College in Cahokia. It seems to have been completely given over to nature, with little interest shown to cleaning up the site. I suppose…
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