Crossing Utah Street, we continue north up Pennsylvania Avenue in Benton Park West, looking at the houses and apartment buildings that grew up after streetcar service arrived from downtown. It’s interesting to see how houses have been altered, whether a metal cornice has been removed, or when a porch has probably been altered. Then there…
Tag: Arts and Crafts Style
Lohmeyer Avenue and Oakview Terrace, Maplewood
Heading up Sutton Boulevard around the giant grocery store parking lot, we turn right onto Lohmeyer Avenue, part of the Lohmeyer Heights Addition. I am curious about this house, as it looks like it is older than the rest of the homes in the addition. Was it the Lohmeyer house? I’m curious if anyone knows….
Sutton Avenue, Maplewood
Starting at Maple Avenue, we head north up Sutton Avenue, starting at the old streetcar turnaround which is now a park. There’s this cool building right at the corner. I think many people might know that the Suttons’ farm was right at the intersection of Manchester Road and Sutton, and you can see their property…
Quinette
Back in July, we had looked at Quinette Road, which terminated at Meramec Station Road. Today we’ll look at the small speculative development of Quinette, which was platted at the terminus of the road, far out in West County at the time in 1858. The nature of the Quinette Subdivision becomes clearer after reading an…
Osage Street Between Oregon and Iowa Avenues
Heading east of Oregon Avenue, we continue on Osage Street in Dutchtown. There are rows of bungalows in a sort of Arts and Crafts style with jerkinhead roofs. Then there’s this interesting building, which at first glance looks like a ranch house but is actually an apartment building that is L-shaped, with two units on…
Iowa Avenue Between Chippewa and Keokuk Streets
Heading south of Chippewa Avenue into Dutchtown, there are more of the standard four families and single family houses. In particular, I liked the mixture of stock terracotta used to fill in the blind window above on the second floor. Wood cornices are replaces with brick and metal.
Vermont Avenue Between Blow Street and Loughborough Avenue, Carondelet
The next block is amazing between Blow and Loughborough. Clearly the result of a planned development by a single builder in the 1920s, this is a unique ensemble of houses in the immediate area of the Blow School and the old YMCA are a mixture of Tudor Revival and Arts and Crafts.
Vermont Avenue Between Robert Avenue and Blow Street, Carondelet
Please join me on July 24 at 6:30 at the Central Library in downtown St. Louis for a lecture about my new book. Please register here. Passing north of Robert Avenue, we spot some ancient gems, such as the one on the right above, which is sadly abandoned, and the one below, with a little…
Vermont Avenue Between Koeln and Robert Avenues, Carondelet
Please join me on July 24 at 6:30 at the Central Library in downtown St. Louis for a lecture about my new book. Please register here. North of Koeln Avenue, which is the Germanish spelling of Cologne, we first past by Lyon School, which we’ve looked at before and then we see a more diverse…
Vermont Avenue Between Schirmer Street and Koeln Avenue, Carondelet
Please join me on July 24 at 6:30 at the Central Library in downtown St. Louis for a lecture about my new book. Please register here. Moving north of Schirmer Street, the housing stock changed over to brick almost exclusively, with a wide range of styles from the 1880s to early 1900. It is interesting…