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…
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Metropolitan Christian Center
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.
Sisters of St. Peter Claver
We couldn’t figure out if this small convent in Town and Country, off of old Route 141 was still occupied. There is a redevelopment notice posted out front saying that a school is moving in….
Pomegranate Temple, Benton Park West
This building clearly functioned at one point at a Freemason’s Lodge, but I cannot find any information on its current status. I believe it is now a church. The pomegranate reference alludes to the capitals of…
Busch Graves, Sunset Memorial Park
Tucked away in a hidden glade of Sunset Memorial Park, the graves of Gussie Busch and his brother Adolphus III are joined by other members of his family. The boy with the fawn has some…
Sunset Memorial Park
There are so many cemeteries in St. Louis, and each one has its story. Located down along the major roads heading out of the city, such as Gravois in this case, or Bellefontaine or St….
Anonymous House
I saw this house, sitting in the deep undergrowth, somewhere near Lewis Place; I can’t remember for sure. It’s the last house left on the block practically, and it’s possibly a survivor of a larger…
Peper Monument
Christian Peper founded a tobacco company on the Levee; his warehouse still stands on Laclede’s Landing. His descendant, of the same name, later became a patron of the Saint Louis Art Museum.
Tomb, Bellefontaine Cemetery
Most of the grand tombs in Bellefontaine Cemetery are above ground, sitting high up on choice hillcrests or meadows. But there are a fair number of underground tombs, such as this one, that lend a…
Anton Griesedieck Grave, Bellefontaine Cemetery
\ There are several clusters of Griesedieck graves around Bellefontaine Cemetery, but the group around the grave of Anton Griesedieck is the most memorable. Made of gray granite, it features several interesting features, including the…
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