We save what I found to be the most interesting part of Walnut Park, which is actually older but further away from downtown St. Louis. This is the Jennings Heights Addition, from 1888, almost twenty years older than the West Walnut Park subdivision to the southeast that we looked at previously.

As can be seen above, the subdivision straddles the city-county line (the streets are blocked off today) and was apparently the Jennings family lands.

And would be expected, the architecture is from an earlier time, as well. This was clearly laid out to be suburban in character, and perhaps residents commuted to downtown via the nearby Jennings Station. The church above is the former Walnut Park Methodist Church, which existed from 1910 to 1929, followed by Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal from 1929 to 1976.

But as can be seen in the house above and below, this was an upper middle class neighborhood.

But as can be seen below, there were still buildable lots well into the Twentieth Century. These two apartment buildings would fit in well in South St. Louis.

Sadly, one is abandoned.

The other one is in good condition but I can’t help but notice that it is only half leased.

I spotted this large house across Goodfellow, but I will have to wait until the leaves are off the trees to see it and other country homes in the area.

We’ll head south on Goodfellow Boulevard and look at some more suburban areas in the West End, which I’ve not looked at a while.