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Old Quarry, Town and Country

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

You never know what you’ll find down a quiet subdivision street in Town and Country. Passing down an old road in between squares of eighty acres of old farmland-turned-subdivisions, something doesn’t look normal. An old aerial photograph from 1955 reveals… Continue Reading →

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Old Zion Evangelisch Cemetery, Des Peres

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

An early German congregation, Zion German Evangelisch founded this cemetery around 1847, when they built a log cabin church in this area north of the intersection of Ballas and Manchester roads. The congregation had originally been formed in 1838. It… Continue Reading →

County Cemeteries, West County
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St. Paul’s Cemetery

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

With roots that go back to 1838, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church has called the northeast corner of Ballas and Manchester roads home since 1867. The current church is from 1938, with an expansion from 1985. The cemetery is south of… Continue Reading →

County Cemeteries, West County
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Triage, Chesterfield Mall

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

They’re closing off the Dillard’s and Sears wings of Chesterfield Mall, no doubt as a way of saving money on maintenance, utilities and staffing, much as the owners of Jamestown Mall did years ago. These pictures are of the Dillard’s… Continue Reading →

County Chesterfield, Chesterfield Mall, Crumby Run-Down Malls of St. Louis, Modernism, West County
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John F. Kennedy Catholic High School

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

The former John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, after a short ownership by Fontbonne University, is back up for sale out in Manchester, just to the east of Highway 141. It is accessible off the old Woods Mills Road. I’m… Continue Reading →

County Abandoned Buildings, Modernism, Schools, West County
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Chuck Berry Mausoleum, Bellerive Cemetery

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Chuck Berry is interred in a large mausoleum off Mason Road, just south of Olive Boulevard in West County in Bellerive Gardens Cemetery. It is a new building, as far a I can tell, and is constructed of blue granite… Continue Reading →

County Cemeteries, Mausolea, Neo-Classicism, West County
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Two Synagogues, West County

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

United Hebrew Congregation has a rich history going back to 1837, when the City of St. Louis was still a relatively small town, and before the influx of German and Irish immigrants had dramatically changed the makeup of the population.… Continue Reading →

County Modernism, Post-Modernism, Synagogues, West County
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Dr. Edmund E. Babler Memorial State Park

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Sculptor Charles Keck produced this handsome monument of Dr. Edmund Babler out in the state park that bears his name. I could have sworn I already photographed this park at some point, but I guess I was wrong. Babler is… Continue Reading →

County Historic Buildings, Monuments, Parks, West County, Wildwood
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Chesterfield Mall: Epilogue

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Update: With little fanfare, both Macy’s and the mall reopened after all in mid-May 2020. I don’t think the Macy’s at Chesterfield Mall is going to reopen. Back after the Dillard’s was flooded due to a water main break, they… Continue Reading →

County Chesterfield, Chesterfield Mall, Crumby Run-Down Malls of St. Louis, Department Stores, Deserted, Modernism, West County
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New and Old Wilson Road

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Nowadays, Wilson Road in Chesterfield curves to hook up with Clarkson Woods Drive at a stop light with Clarkson Road, which dates back to the widening of what is MO340. But it wasn’t always like that. In fact, back in… Continue Reading →

County Chesterfield, Historic Roads, West County

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