Cates Avenue Between Goodfellow Boulevard and Porter Mall, West End

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, St. Louis, Missouri, December 1909, sheet 053, University of Missouri.

Moving one block north to Cates Avenue between Goodfellow Boulevard and Ruth Porter Mall, there are more houses still standing, but the Church of the Ascension, which we can see on the fire insurance map above, is nothing but a vacant lot now.

Interestingly, while historically Cabanne Way doglegged behind the backyards, today the mall goes more or less straight north and south.

Houses on this block are also more modest, as well.

This house below, however, is a standout.

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