Leaving behind Reilly Avenue, we spot the Jacob Steins House on East Steins Street. I wrote about the house and other stone dwellings at St. Louis Magazine back in 2014 and their rich history in Carondelet.

As we head northwest up East Steins Street, we pass through the industrial ring that was the heart of this neighborhood and is now slowly taking over the residential areas.

These industrial buildings are probably the leftovers of the Liberty Foundry Company; I also wrote about the heavy industry that once filled the blocks of Carondelet east of South Broadway in another St. Louis Magazine article from 2021.

There is much undergrowth nowadays along the railroads tracks that once included the Iron Mountain Railroad.

The haze from the wildfires in Oklahoma was starting to show in my photos as I looked out over some storage tanks to the north.

I’ve looked at other houses that sit right on the railroad tracks, and here is another one; I’ve actually met the family who lives here.

I’ve looked at other wood frame houses on this block before back in 2012.

As mentioned before, this stone house was restored back to its original appearance.

This one awaits full renovation, however.

I would also like to note that this alley house also uses brick that is clearly very old; its softness is evidence just by looking at it.

We reach the intersection with South Broadway, where there are some nice buildings from the 1880s or 90s.

We’ve looked at Steins Street west of South Broadway before, back in March of 2021.