Cates Avenue Between Hamilton Avenue and Goodfellow Boulevard, West End

You can see the Sanborn map for Cates in between Hamilton Avenue and Goodfellow Boulevard from yesterday.

There has been a massive amount of demolition and in-fill on this block, but there are still some very nice houses left.

In general, there are more brick houses than one block to the north on Cabanne Avenue and there are no alleys, again befitting Julius Pitzman’s vision of a more suburban environment.

There was a church midblock, but it is gone. It was unique in that it had a cut stone front but a wood frame sanctuary.

This six family apartment building is rare in the neighborhood.

There are also some quite large houses, such as the one below. I won’t be surprised if someone snatches this house up, as it is the type being rehabbed in the area.

Across the street is this mansion, which still stands.

Thomas B. Teasdale Residence. 5830 Cates Avenue. June 1955. Photograph by G. Barry Telfair, 1955 Missouri History Museum Photograph and Print Collection. Residences n34644.

Unfortunately, the house at 5825, which was next door to the house two photos above, has been lost.

John H. Porter Residence. 5825 Cates Avenue. Photograph by Piaget Studio, 1959 Missouri History Museum Photograph and Print Collection. Residences n34261.

I’d rather they’d rehabbed the building below with wood siding but I’m just happy that it’s occupied and in use.

2 Comments Add yours

  1. Mark Preston says:

    So it’s the first snow of the Wintertime, Chris?

    1. cnaffziger says:

      Yeah…the snow. It’s leftover HTML from ten years ago that’s never been deleted. It pops every year.

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