With the congregation dating back to 1807, Fee Fee Baptist lays claim to being the oldest Protestant congregation west of the Mississippi. The handsome old sanctuary in the above and below photos dates to 1870, and is similar in style… Continue Reading
Passing into Ferguson on the isolated road from Jennings, I found myself at these low slung apartments. I thought they were abandoned at first, but their tenants’ cars are parked on the other side. I went around town for a… Continue Reading
I’m really worried about Jennings. I have visited a couple times over the years (yes, I understand that a couple of visits is not good enough to get a complete understanding of a community), and every time I go back,… Continue Reading
It had been a few years since I had visited the old Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church in Jennings, and I thought I was due a return trip. It was not a happy return. The former sanctuary’s exterior was heavily… Continue Reading
For whatever reason, there are just four Gingerbread Style houses on the east side of Florissant Road in Normandy. I do not know why they are here; above are the northernmost, and below are the three southernmost.
Right along what is just plain old Florissant Road, not north or south, east of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, is this wonderful specimen of the Shingle Style, which is not widely common around this region anymore. I do… Continue Reading
I finally got around to visiting the subdivision of Bellerive Acres, which like many North County municipalities, is one in the same. I was blown away by the beauty of the Tudor Revival architecture. While there were other architectural styles… Continue Reading
A decade ago, I traveled down Sinks Road, and viewed a subdivision that had been canceled due to the discovery of sinkholes that stopped construction of additional houses. While they have been modified slightly by the planting and mowing of… Continue Reading
Years ago BeltSTL and I took a drive around Far North County and checked out some old buildings, including this old farmstead. The barns appear to look in good condition, though there has been no progress on finding a new… Continue Reading
The old General Electric Consumer & Industrial Lighting factory was closed in 2007, after being in business for over one hundred years. 175 employees lost their jobs. The giant buildings are now either completely abandoned or at the most, underutilized.… Continue Reading