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Looking Up Gravois Road, Affton

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

I photographed Affton way back in 2008, almost exactly ten years ago from when this photograph was taken.

County Affton, South County
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Louis Obert Monument, New St. Marcus Cemetery

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

I can’t imagine that Louis Obert was not thinking of his fellow beer baron Anton Griesedieck’s monument in Bellefontaine Cemetery when commissioning his own grave in New St. Marcus Cemetery, where the stepson of Adam Lemp and his family is… Continue Reading →

County Affton, Cemeteries, Monuments, Neo-Classicism, South County
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New Mount Sinai Cemetery

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

Wow, I just discovered one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the St. Louis area, and also one of the oldest: New Mount Sinai Cemetery, located just beyond the city limits out Gravois, where there are of course many other… Continue Reading →

County Affton, Art-Deco, Beaux-Arts, Cemeteries, Greek Revival, Houses, Mausolea, Neo-Classicism, Romanesque Revival, South County
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Otto Lemp and Family, New St. Marcus Cemetery

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Chris Naffziger

Adam Lemp’s third wife had a daughter from an earlier marriage that later married a Gottfried Pfaff. They both died, so Adam raised his step-grandson, Otto, who eventually unofficially took the Lemp name. He’s buried in an unrelated family plot… Continue Reading →

County Affton, Cemeteries, Lemp, South County
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Beautiful Downtown Affton

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Chris Naffziger
County Affton, Churches, Early Twentieth Century Eclectic, Gingerbread Style, Houses, Romanesque Revival, South County, Storefronts
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Oakland House, Affton

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Chris Naffziger

I ran across this great Italianate country home buried back on some side streets off of Heege Road in Affton. It’s an interesting structure, as most Italianate houses I’ve seen have stucco walls on the exterior of these styles of… Continue Reading →

County Affton, Houses, Italianate, South County

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