The 600 through 800 blocks of Hall Street in St. Joseph contain some of the most stunning houses in America, and running the gamut of different architectural styles and ornament. It is north of downtown and up a gently sloping rise Cathedral Hill named after the nearby Roman Catholic cathedral.
Above, this was the home of Adiel J. Moncrief, whom I believe was a pastor of the First Baptist Church
The next house, the Adam N. Schuster House, is just spectacular, and perhaps one of the most extravagant expressions of the Italianate style in America.
Schuster was a banker, cattle man, clothier and all sorts of other businessman. This house represents the vast wealth that flowed into the city in the Nineteenth Century.
Below is the Elmarine and Nathan Ogden House, which might be best described as a mashing of the German Renaissance Revival with elements of the Romanesque Revival.
Ogden served in the Civil War and then was a railroad developer.
The house is now a wonderful bed and breakfast where we stayed.
There are other smaller houses in the vicinity.
