We then turn onto Maple Avenue, still part of the original Maplewood Subdivision, and see more suburban style Nineteenth Century houses. But then as we approach Sutton Boulevard, higher density housing appears. This is the amazing, Colonial Revival(?) Colonial House apartment building. That’s some nice Mid-Century Modern type font. A more traditional early Twentieth Century…
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Vine Avenue, Maplewood
Heading down Marshall Avenue south of Manchester Road past some churches we’ve looked at before, we reach Vine Avenue, a part of the Maplewood Subdivision. It’s only a few blocks away from the old Maplewood train station on the Union Pacific Railroad, and surely would have provided an easy commute to downtown St. Louis. There…
Crossroads Presbyterian Fellowship, Maplewood
Originally built as Maplewood Christian Church, which broke ground for its new sanctuary on April 21, 1957 to replace an earlier building destroyed by fire, today houses Crossroads Presbyterian Church. It is located on Oakview Terrace just north of Manchester Road in Maplewood. The church and wings originally cost $188,430. Kenneth W. Wischmeyer was the…
Lohmeyer Avenue and Oakview Terrace, Maplewood
Heading up Sutton Boulevard around the giant grocery store parking lot, we turn right onto Lohmeyer Avenue, part of the Lohmeyer Heights Addition. I am curious about this house, as it looks like it is older than the rest of the homes in the addition. Was it the Lohmeyer house? I’m curious if anyone knows….
Sutton Avenue, Maplewood
Starting at Maple Avenue, we head north up Sutton Avenue, starting at the old streetcar turnaround which is now a park. There’s this cool building right at the corner. I think many people might know that the Suttons’ farm was right at the intersection of Manchester Road and Sutton, and you can see their property…
Woodside, Maplewood
I realized last weekend that I never created a Maplewood tag, so as we look at the streetcar suburb in the coming days, that oversight has been corrected. Starting out, we’ll look at Woodside, built in 1849 by the Rannell Family, making it the oldest house in the city. The farm was subdivided into various…
Carrollton, Early October 2025
The last time I had visited the former Carrollton subdivision was back in November of 2022, and some things had changed. First of all, an ultimate frisbee course had been built. Also, we saw a person walking through the empty yards. Not sure what he was doing. The trees are slowly dying but the former…
Run-Down Motel, Bridgeton
As part of my continuing series of run-down motels around the region, we stop by this gem on the northwest side of Interstate 270 in Bridgeton. Anyone have any memories of this place? Clocking in at 2.8 stars at Google Maps, it was part of a trend in hotels in the 1970s where there was…
Quinette
Back in July, we had looked at Quinette Road, which terminated at Meramec Station Road. Today we’ll look at the small speculative development of Quinette, which was platted at the terminus of the road, far out in West County at the time in 1858. The nature of the Quinette Subdivision becomes clearer after reading an…
Chapel of the Risen Christ, Resurrection Cemetery, Interior, Part Two
For our final look at the Chapel of the Risen Christ, we’ll examine the various works of art commissioned for the interior. First up is a Pietà sculpted by Christopher Alles. I couldn’t help but notice that the sculpture group bears a striking similarity to the figure of Nicodemus and Christ from Michelangelo’s late Bandini…