Back before sprawl came to southwestern St. Louis County, a great-aunt of a reader of this site snapped these photos of Alswel, one of several Lemp mansions, in what was probably the 1960′s.
Photographs taken by Cora Steyermark, courtesy of Lura Holt.
11/03/2012, 01:51 pm
What a beautiful mansion, I feel like I’m in Bavaria! I am assuming that since you couldn’t photograph it, that the building has been razed?
11/04/2012, 09:49 pm
It’s safe and sound, and behind a manned security gate, unfortunately.
11/03/2012, 05:11 pm
It’s still there – insert 38.505874,-90.404343 into Bing Maps, execute a Birdseye view and rotate.