Wow, I just discovered one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the St. Louis area, and also one of the oldest: New Mount Sinai Cemetery, located just beyond the city limits out Gravois, where there are of course many other burial grounds. The heart of the cemetery is a cluster of mausolea of various architectural…
Month: August 2018
Sturdy Cemetery, Crestwood
OK, so these aren’t exactly award-winning photos, but I wanted to share an old cemetery off of Old Watson Road, just south of the old Route 66, southwest of the now-demolished Crestwood Mall.
Former Robert Koch Hospital Site
Back behind those bushes and trees, and up over a hill, are the graves of hundreds, perhaps thousands of former residents of the Robert Koch Hospital. It is now private property, and no trespassing is allowed, but I hope one day those people can be properly remembered.
Collapsing Houses, Late July 2018
Update: The porch of the house on the right collapsed in late December of 2018; it was demolished by April of 2019. A year later, the poorly compacted earth of the former quarry on Utah Street continues to claim victims.
Old Engine Company No. 3, Marine Villa
Sitting on a little triangle of land along South Broadway and just north of the vacant lot that was once the Home Brewery, the beautiful fire station reminds me of the fachwerk architecture of Anheuser-Busch in the early Twentieth-Century.
DeMenil Place
Second Carondelet Avenue, later 13th Street, and now finally DeMenil Place, was once a small exclusive enclave of mostly German and French high society members, including the DeMenil family (#10), and of course the Lemps. Adam Lemp, and his widow, his third wife Louise Bauer Lemp, lived at what is labeled #4. After she died,…
Benton Park, Late July 2018
The houses above sit above a sinkhole, most likely, and they are now settling so badly that they have been abandoned. It is really a shame, as they were nice little houses. I just noticed this apartment building hiding behind the storefronts on South Broadway. Then there’s this interesting house down in Marine Villa, to…
Louis Lange Publishing Company
I know I’ve photographed this building before, but for the life of me, I can’t find it now. Nonetheless, it is undergoing an amazing renovation that is bringing the former Louis Lange Publishing Company back to life. There was a bit of controversy about the use of tax abatements, which freezes the tax assessment at…
Cherokee Street and Jefferson Avenue, July 2008
Above, the old clinic is back open as a health sciences building, with various tenants that cater to the neighborhood. Below, it finally dawned on me that the building that now houses Foam clearly once had a third floor that was truncated at some point. You can see the window lintels (three of them) at…
Holy Cross Lutheran, Revisited Again
For some reason, I am drawn back to this simple but elegant church in the “Lutheran Civic Center” near the old Concordia Seminary, old Lutheran Hospital and still operating Concordia Publishing House. Its rich red brick with tan detailing and cut stone work so well together.