The next block between Emmett and today’s Soulard Street (Lafayette and Soulard would flip later in the Nineteenth Century) was already filled with houses. But interestingly, many of them have changed in form and style. The two churches are still standing; No. 2 was the German Presbyterian Church before it became Most Holy Trinity Slovak…
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Posts about South St. Louis
South Ninth Street Between Geyer Avenue and Emmet Street, Soulard
We’ll start off with Pictorial St. Louis right off the bat, as I believe the vast majority of the houses on this block were completed by the time it was published in 1876. The corner store is one building that appears, but at only two stories. I believe the store received an additional story at…
South Ninth Street Between Russell Boulevard and Geyer Avenue, Soulard
We cross over Russell Boulevard and notice something about this row of Second Empire houses on South Ninth Street. They do not have front doors–only mouse holes leading to the back of the houses, where there would have been exterior staircases allowing access to the upper stories of the building. This was normal and very…
South Ninth Street Between Lami Street and Russell Boulevard, Soulard
Crossing Lami Street and continuing north on South Ninth Street, we pass by a corner store with a turret that most likely once possessed a conical roof, now gone. While we see Second Empire houses, we begin to see earlier houses such as the Greek Revival or as it’s sometimes known, the Federalist Style. At…
South Ninth Street Between Victor and Lami Streets, Soulard
We cross over Victor and continue north. As can be seen below, there are some interesting things to discuss. First, there was settlement on the block to the west, but it was up a steep grade and there are several houses that are no longer present. Sometime later, probably in the 1880s and 1890s, there…
South Ninth Street Between Sidney and Victor Streets, Soulard
I’d looked at South Ninth Street in Soulard back in June of 2015, but I thought it would be worthwhile to take a deeper examination of the street. This first section between Sidney and Victor was once South 8th Street (logical because the next street over to the east is South 7th, after all), but…
Osceola Street Between South Spring Street and 37th Street
I then cruised down Osceola Street, where I saw something surprising: an abandoned house. It is a rarity in what is other a very healthy neighborhood. It’s also a neat little house. Much of the blocks on Osceola are the sides of houses since they primarily face the north-south street, but we have some nice…
Taft Avenue Between South 37th and 38th Streets
Turning onto Taft Avenue from Grace Avenue, we see more of those more modern housing configurations. The houses above are breaking away from the red brick two bay wide facades with side front doors, as you can see above. And of course, now there are Gingerbread houses popping up. But of course, remember that these…
Grace Avenue Between Osceola Street and Taft Avenue
Crossing over Osceola Street, we’re immediately struck by the ages of the houses that we see. That’s because this is the Jones and Miltenberger Subdivision laid out in March 28, 1876. You might recognize the Eugene Miltenberger name if you follow my Lemp content; he along with two others owned and subdivided the land where…
Grace Avenue Between Meramec and Osceola Streets, Dutchtown
I’ve become intrigued with the so-called South St. Louis Suburb, a giant swath of area platted on July 14, 1858 by the surveyor Salomon (anybody have any information on him?). It was deep in the conutry, far from where the City and consisted of dozens of blocks on either side of South Grand Boulevard, itself…