You might have missed Savoy Court while watching for errant driers at the intersection of Delmar and Union boulevards, but if you look closely at the northwest corner, you’ll see a modern entrance to what is an interesting little street laid out in 1909.

What was originally six apartment buildings, starting this one at the entrance off Delmar was developed by F. A. Banister, who bought the property from Holbrook-Blackwelder Real Estate Trust Company for $50,000. The street was originally private.

I don’t know what’s up with the giant back staircases added to these buildings above which now face Delmar due to demolition; the fronts face Savory Court. It’s interesting, because original advertisements once cited the lack of ugly outside back staircases!

The buildings originally had both heating and cooling plants.

It seems like the apartments finally opened around 1916, and consisted of four rooms and were “artistically decorated.”

Interestingly, when I went by to look at this interesting street, it looked abandoned. I didn’t see anyone, and there were no cars around. I immediately suspected the tornado, but there didn’t look like there was any heavy damage to the buildings.

I’m not sure what was going on.

But there is an interesting story of yet another one of the exclusive apartment complexes that were built along the major thoroughfares on the west side of St. Louis.