Looking at the eastern half of the block of Page Boulevard just to the west of Kingshighway, we see more congestion and more vacant houses and lots. Again, we see houses built in tracts, such as the two homes below. I’ve looked at more of Page Boulevard east of Kingshighway in these posts from March…
Page Boulevard Between Academy Avenue and Kingshighway, Part One
We’ll split the last block to the west before Kingshighway into two parts, separated by a long swath of vacant land. There are also, sadly, a lot of vacant houses in this cluster. The houses are also older, and there are some neat, well maintained homes such as the one below. The individual houses might…
Page Boulevard Between Clarendon and Academy Avenues
Clarendon Avenue actually only intersects Page Boulevard to the south in a T-bone, so the block is continuous on the north side of the street. We see something new: four-family apartment buildings. We also see vacant lots, as well, unfortunately. But there are many houses still occupied. What is interesting to see how the houses…
Page Boulevard Between Union Boulevard and Clarendon Avenue
Jumping ahead to the east a bit, we cross over Union Boulevard, looking to the north to a very nice but abandoned six family apartment building to the north. Again, we see more tract houses and two-families built before 1909. But I really love the house above with the big rounded Romanesque arch on the…
Page Boulevard Between Hamilton Avenue and Laurel Street
I’ve been fascinated by Page Boulevard being almost completely residential along its whole stretch inside city limits (it becomes heavily commercial–particularly past I-170–outside the city limits). But what is interesting, unlike in small towns, where the mansions of the most prominent citizens line the major streets out to the city limits, Page Boulevard is lined…
Maple Avenue Between Maple Place and Hamilton Avenue
Continuing on to the east on Maple Avenue past Maple Place in the West End, we see more of the typical housing stock for the neighborhood. Many houses are three story, such as the one in the upper right, which is only seen in this area north of Delmar. I’ve always liked this apartment building…
Maple Avenue Between Hodiamont Avenue and Maple Place
I looked at Maple Avenue between Hodiamont Avenue and Maple Place briefly way back in December of 2015, but now we’ll look more closely. First up, above, is an interesting story, and it took a bit of sleuthing to show that indeed this building sat right here at one (it’s long gone now). Kerpan’s was…
South Seventh Boulevard Between Shenandoah and Geyer Avenues
Crossing Shenandoah Avenue and heading north, we see this house standing by itself. It’s obvious that the front facade has been relaid, and judging from the tagging, it’s been sitting like this for a while. But moving north, we see tow examples of houses where there has been successful relaying of brick and occupancy. These…
South Seventh Boulevard Between Barton Street and Shenandoah Avenue, West Side
I looked at a segment of the west side of South Seventh Boulevard (remember, the east side was annihilated for the widening of the major traffic artery back in the mid Twentieth Century) in November of 2025, so I thought I would photograph more of the surviving and reconstructed urban fabric to the south, heading…
Old Walker Burying Ground
Heading west in St. Charles County, we arrive in Wentzville, where a small but critically important cemetery lies surrounded by the current campus of Holt High School. As can be read here, it holds some of the oldest European burials in the county, including some names that we have seen at other cemeteries, such as…