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The Confluence of the Mississippi and River des Peres

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

The confluence of the River des Peres and the Mississippi River is located in an isolated corner of the City of St. Louis. While the boundary of St. Louis is typically described as being at the River des Peres, that… Continue Reading →

South Beaches, Carondelet, Ruins
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Former Our Lady of Covadonga Roman Catholic Church, Quinn Chapel AME Church and Other Churches

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t get a good picture of one of the shortest lived parishes in St. Louis, Our Lady of Covadonga Roman Catholic Church, which used this building from 1915 to 1932. It was… Continue Reading →

South Carondelet, Churches, Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival
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Saints Mary and Joseph Roman Catholic Church

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Saints Mary and Joseph Roman Catholic Church dates back to 1821, growing along with what at the time was the independent town of Carondelet. I looked at the church briefly way back in August of 2012 when the school next… Continue Reading →

South Carondelet, Churches, Gothic Revival
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Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

The story of Carondelet as a community is pretty much inseparable from the story of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, and their massive complex, which stretches along the bluffs in the middle of the neighborhood, reflects that connection.… Continue Reading →

South Carondelet, Churches, Historic Buildings, Romanesque Revival, Second Empire
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Ivory Theater, Former St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Founded in 1860, though the building is clearly from later in the 19th Century, St. Boniface closed in 2005 and was sold to developers who turned it into the Ivory Theater. It’s Romanesque Revival in many ways, but not compeletely.… Continue Reading →

South Carondelet, Churches, Romanesque Revival, Theaters
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St. Columbkille Roman Catholic Church

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

This row of houses hides the location of the former Roman Catholic church of St. Columbkille’s one of the three most important patron saints of Ireland along with St. Bridget of Erin and St. Patrick. It was demolished back in… Continue Reading →

South Carondelet, Churches, Demolition, Houses, In-Fill, Modernism, Romanesque Revival
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Carondelet Public Schools

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Carondelet School, located on the far south end of the neighborhood, in what is often referred to as The Patch, was built in 1871, meaning it was built the year after the annexation of Carondelet into the City of St.… Continue Reading →

South Carondelet, Italianate, Neo-Classicism, Rehabilitation, Schools
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Sister Marie Charles Park

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Down below Bellerive Park, which I’ve looked at before, and is nowhere near the country club of the same name, is Sister Marie Charles Park. It’s one of the last places you can access the Mississippi River in St. Louis… Continue Reading →

South Boats, Carondelet, Parks
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Vulcan Street, August 2020

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

The area around Vulcan Street, in the far southern portion of Carondelet known as the Patch, is not doing well. The house above, an old wood frame vernacular house with a hip roof, with damaged by fire recently; two more… Continue Reading →

South Abandoned Buildings, Carondelet, Early Vernacular, Greek Revival, Houses, Ruins
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Far South Carondelet, Early July 2018

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

I’ve said it countless times before, but I’m worried about the incredibly historic houses that are slowly being swallowed by the industrial buildings in the southeastern end of Carondelet, down by the river. Some are so old they are stone,… Continue Reading →

South Abandoned Buildings, Carondelet, Early Vernacular, Houses, Italianate, Romanesque Revival

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