Crossing Lami Street and continuing north on South Ninth Street, we pass by a corner store with a turret that most likely once possessed a conical roof, now gone.

While we see Second Empire houses, we begin to see earlier houses such as the Greek Revival or as it’s sometimes known, the Federalist Style.

At the southwest corner with Shenandoah Avenue, there is a storefront that looks to be from the early Twentieth Century.

We next see Pontiac Park on our left. But it was not always a park. As can be seen above, the Stumpf Brewery, Saloon and Malt House (no. 13) as well as the home of Joseph Scheybel (no. 12) stood on the east side of the block facing what was then Decatur Street.

If you’ve read my book, Adam Lemp and the Western Brewery, you’ll know the Stumpfs were William Lemp Sr’s early business partners. Also, and this is interesting, when William was renovating his malt house in the 1880s, he used this malt house temporarily. It’s all gone now, obviously, and Pontiac Park has existed since 1908.

Also, as we reach Ann Avenue, we move into the Thomas Allen’s First and Second Additions, seen above. Besides Julia Soulard, Allen was the other major landowner and real estate developer in the developer.

Continuing on past Ann Avenue, there are some nice in-fill houses, and then some very old houses, such as the one below.

Then we reach Russell Boulevard, a major thoroughfare in the neighborhood.