I stumbled across one of the most wonderful little pockets of houses in Clayton, just off Hanley Road and just south of the central business district separated by Forest Park Parkway.
The eighteen houses, constructed between 1926-27 and sold between $25,000 and $30,000 were designed by architect William Remmert, owner of the Remmert Construction Company. They featured modern water heaters and radiators.
It’s interesting in that there are only actually a few different designs, but they are arranged in a random and picturesque manner that causes the viewer to not notice unless carefully inspecting the street.
In the future, I will look at the street that circumscribes Country Club Court.
Nice Work, Chris. Since you are in Clayton, you ought to check out Davis Place, which has an interesting history, and a curious diversity of architecture . Also, the South Central avenue part of the subdivision (where I grew up in the 1950s and early 1960s) has a unique and beautiful median green area that has its origins in one of the streetcar lines that went all the way to Clayton Road and beyond. Even in the late 1950s the streetcar went as far as the Clayton middle school on the edge of Davis place, so you could take a streetcar from Davis Place to downtown… Development of Davis Place began just before WWII, with just a few houses built, but then took off rapidly right after the war. I believe sales prices in the late 1940s early 1950s were about $20K — now they go for up to $1 million, and it is a highly sought after location.
I will definitely check it out soon!
That estimate on 1940s /early 1950s sales prices might be a tad low…but certainly less than $40 K.