I know many people told me they could care less that the SaLees Kennard House was in danger of being demolished, since she was the daughter of one of the founders of the Veiled Prophet Parade. Well guess what? You… Continue Reading
I’ve long documented St. Louis Avenue between N. Florissant and Parnell, and from Parnell to Grand, so now I will take a closer look at the secondary artery cobbled together from a series of streets that stretches the length of… Continue Reading
I’ve long documented St. Louis Avenue between N. Florissant and Parnell, and from Parnell to Grand, so now I will take a closer look at the secondary artery cobbled together from a series of streets that stretches the length of… Continue Reading
I’ve long documented St. Louis Avenue between N. Florissant and Parnell, and from Parnell to Grand, so now I will take a closer look at the secondary artery cobbled together from a series of streets that stretches the length of… Continue Reading
I’ve long documented St. Louis Avenue between N. Florissant and Parnell, and from Parnell to Grand, so now I will take a closer look at the secondary artery cobbled together from a series of streets that stretches the length of… Continue Reading
Heading south on N. 25th Street, more houses that have been restored or carefully maintained line the east side of the street. This houses has obviously had the front facade rebuilt halfway down the second floor windows. But then, oh… Continue Reading
Heading south on N. 25th Street, there is a wide variety of interesting houses from the mid to late 19th Century on the east side of the street. I love the flounder house (yes, it’s technically a type of flounder),… Continue Reading
The Hyde Park neighborhood stretches over to the west, quite a ways west of North Florissant Avenue, and there are many different areas that have a much different feel than east of that major artery. This is near where Bob… Continue Reading
There has been a bad collapse at the beautiful row of houses along Monroe Street in St. Louis Place, just west of North Florissant Avenue. I just featured these buildings back in September of this year. I am worried that… Continue Reading
Built in the last years of the Civil War, the Dousman Hotel was built right along the Mississippi River. It is now an event space. Much of the historic portion of Prairie du Chien was demolished after a flood in… Continue Reading