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Elmwood Park

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

Very few people know it, but there is an African American community tucked away in unincorporated North County on either side of Dielman Road, just south of Page Avenue dating back to 1892, originally populated by former slaves. It is… Continue Reading →

County Churches, Early Twentieth Century Eclectic, Modernism, North County, Schools, Small Towns
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Wild Acres Park, Former Holy Family Seminary

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

The former Holy Family Seminary in Overland is now Wild Acres Park, but the buildings are still well-preserved and the grounds well-maintained. They have sort of a 1940s proto-Modernist interpretation of the Spanish Revival, which I sort of like. Like… Continue Reading →

County Churches, North County, Parks, Spanish Revival, Universities
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Above Us Only Sky: Billboards Gone From Washington Park Cemetery

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

In late August I went out to Washington Park Cemetery to see how it looked after Drury Displays made the wise and compassionate decision to remove the two billboards from land it purchased from a former owner. I have a… Continue Reading →

County Cemeteries, Demolition, North County
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Glen Echo Park

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Glen Echo Park? Wow, I missed that one, I said to myself last week, so I went and checked it out. It is one street, and one alley that goes behind houses that face the fairways of Glen Echo Country… Continue Reading →

County Abandoned Buildings, Arts and Crafts Style, Gingerbread Style, Greek Revival, Italianate, North County, Small Towns
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Washington Park Cemetery

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Update: The two billboards were removed by their owner in August of 2020. I stopped by Washington Park Cemetery to check on how it was doing since the City of Berkeley took over custody of the historic African American burial… Continue Reading →

County Cemeteries, North County
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Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Florissant

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

It’s a little difficult to photograph Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in the middle of downtown Florissant, but it is a fantastic example of Gothic Revival architecture, replacing the original church in 1893. Apparently the spire remains from the old… Continue Reading →

County Florissant, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Houses, North County, Restaurants, Schools, Second Empire, Storefronts
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Former St. Stanislaus Seminary

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

The old Jesuit St. Stanislaus Semimary is perhaps one of the oldest and most historic buildings in St. Louis County. When it was first built, it was far out in the country, and as the aerial photograph below demonstrates, was… Continue Reading →

County Abandoned Buildings, Churches, Demolition, Florissant, Greek Revival, North County, Renaissance Revival, Schools
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Kinloch, Early February 2020

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

I realized I had not been up to Kinloch in a decade, and I decided to revisit, having heard that a new documentary is coming out soon chronicling the history of the famous town. Things sure have changed. The whole… Continue Reading →

County Abandoned Buildings, Apartment Buildings, Churches, Crime, Demolition, Deserted, Kinloch, Modernism, North County, Warehouses
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Uplands Park and Nelson Presbyterian Church

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Oh, so this is Uplands Park, I thought to myself, as I pulled off Natural Bridge Road just west of Pine Lawn and the City limits. There are several streets of beautiful and well-kept houses, of a variety of styles… Continue Reading →

County Abandoned Buildings, Arts and Crafts Style, Churches, Gingerbread Style, Gothic Revival, Houses, Modernism, North County, Tudor Revival
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Valhalla, Damage Another Year Later

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

It’s been another year, and it’s still hasn’t been fixed, as photos from a concerned citizens provided to me show.

County Beaux-Arts, Cemeteries, Mausolea, North County

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