Moving along, we see some construction going on to the side of a three story Second Empire house. But what’s interesting is that right next door is a four-family that is clearly decades newer, so development came in fits and starts. We even have some Permastone below! Nothing drives me more crazy than when smaller…
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Posts about South St. Louis
Osage Street Between Pennsylvania and Nebraska Avenues
Passing by Pennsylvania Avenue, we proceed east on Osage Street and spot this interesting little doorway filled in with a palisade fence. I wonder if it was original to the building or if it was added in later to provide for more security. Regardless, it is such a great little detail, though I wish it…
Osage Street Between Minnesota and Pennsylvania Avenues
We’ve looked at the blocks of Osage Street to the west of here before, here and here, back in March of 2020, so let’s continue where we left off at Minnesota and head east. These houses are typical of Dutchtown, looking like they were built around the main period of development, from 1890 to 1910….
Montana Street Between South Grand Boulevard and Louisiana Avenue
Jumping to the other side of the neighborhood, we look at the one block section of Montana Avenue just to the east of South Grand Boulevard. What jumps out at me is this old wood frame house, probably dating back to the earliest days of the neighborhood. But then right next door is a house…
Iowa Avenue Between Keokuk and Osage Streets, Revisited Yet Again
Heading south of Keokuk Street, we see a wider range of styles of architecture. I looked at this block back in October of 2019 and August of 2020. We also see a four-family that looks just like one in Fox Park and also up in the Greater Ville. There are also two Second Empire houses,…
Iowa Avenue Between Chippewa and Keokuk Streets
Heading south of Chippewa Avenue into Dutchtown, there are more of the standard four families and single family houses. In particular, I liked the mixture of stock terracotta used to fill in the blind window above on the second floor. Wood cornices are replaces with brick and metal.
Iowa Avenue Between Winnebago and Chippewa Streets
It’s a busy week around St. Louis Patina headquarters so posts will be brief, but we’ll take a look at Iowa Avenue south of the famed Iowa Buffet, at the corner of Winnebago Avenue. A couple of early Greek Revival houses are surely some of the earliest houses on the block. The house below looks…
That Sinkhole on Potomac
Well, interesting. A large sinkhole has formed on Potomac Avenue between Michigan and Minnesota avenues in the Gravois Park neighborhood. Should be cut and dry, right? Let’s go to Compton and Dry’s Pictorial St. Louis and find the sinkhole that was filled in… But what do we find? There’s just an orchard? There is a…
Ferdinand Herold House Not Doing Well
I was alerted by a fellow lover of St. Louis history and architecture that the Ferdinand Herold Mansion on South Jefferson has been boarded up and abandoned after a failed attempt at rehabbing the stately house. It is currently on the market but no one has bought it yet. Unfortunately, the house has now been…
Vermont Avenue Between Mott and Bowen Streets, Carondelet
We end our tour of Vermont Avenue in Carondelet looking at more upscale houses, from the 1890s to the 1920s. But there is still a mix of smaller houses from earlier decades, much like we see in Carondelet. Vermont Avenue takes us through a wide range of different eras, which is what makes the neighborhood…