This house interested me in that it has two front decorative porches. It sits in isolation, near Visitation Park in what I consider to be the West End.
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Beverly Place
I don’t know why I had never seen this short little street that goes for one block in between Delmar and Enright. The houses all seem to date to the first decades of the Twentieth…
Windermere Place
I thought I knew about all of the private streets in St. Louis, but the city is constantly proving me wrong; Windermere Place, located near the old location of Visitation Academy, is a stunning and…
A Disheartening Sight
Every so often, I see a house that’s abandoned, falling apart, and I realized that it is irreplaceable, and one of a kind. The grand house at Cook and Whittier is one such house, and…
Cleveland Avenue Gatehouse, Shaw’s Garden
I’ve always been intrigued by this little house sitting right along the wall around Shaw’s Garden. Supposedly someone lives in it, but I’m not sure if that’s true. Identified by Shaw’s Garden as originally a…
Recalled to Life, Hyde Park
I always loved this house in Hyde Park, but I was worried it would eventually be demolished. Much to my delight, due to a government grant, it has been completely renovated and is occupied.
Chatillon DeMenil House
The Chatillon-DeMenil House is a perfect example of a Greek Revival mansion, renovated at a time when the Second Empire and Italianate styles had become much more popular in St. Louis. Its stern Ionic colonnade…
Two Stately Houses, Benton Park West
These two houses, one in buff brick, the other in red, jumped out at me recently in the northern portion of Benton Park West. They look identical, but the developer changed the front facade and…
Sherman/St. Paul, Revisited
I returned to photograph the small hamlet of Sherman, or sometimes known as St. Paul, or even Jedburgh. I think Sherman is the most prevalent name. I was concerned to see the beautiful farmhouse above…
Business Up Front, Destruction in Back
These houses along Marcus Avenue look alright, just a little rough around the edges, rights? In reality, their red bricks backs have been stolen, leaving nothing but a sagging mess spilling onto the backyards. Luckily…
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