Rosebrough Monument Company has been in operation since 1845, and also has a location on Chippewa at the city border. This location is right next to Bellefontaine and Calvary cemeteries. Classic Monument is right next door, and is owned by Weiss Monument Works, which also operates in the Metro East. Tisch Monuments has been operating…
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Mount Carmel Cemetery, Belleville
Heading back towards St. Louis on Main Street in Belleville, we then visited Mount Carmel Cemetery, which is the diocesan cemetery. It is quite large. And while there is a fair amount of forest that has grown up at Mount Hope down the street, there are wide open lawns that show off the rolling terrain…
Mount Hope Cemetery, Belleville
Now owned by the City of Belleville, Mount Hope Cemetery is a perfect example of how Protestant burial grounds owned by Lutheran or Evangelical congregations were not part of a larger entity such as a Roman Catholic diocese, so when the church associated with the cemetery folded, the accompanying graveyard suffered as well. In this…
South Illinois Street, Belleville
I’ve looked at the area south of downtown Belleville before, but this time I found myself heading up South Illinois Avenue towards the central square where it intersects Main Street. I have to love that Second Empire house above, which looks to be coated in stucco. It’s a new height of hiding a Mansard roof!…
Christ the King Chapel, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Revisited
I decided after last week’s snow storm it was the perfect time to go back and visit the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, which I featured most recently back almost exactly a year ago. And just like last year, just as I left the house early in the morning, a light snow began…
Our Lady of the Snows, Mosaics
I’ve looked at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows over in Belleville twice over the years, first in 2014, when I looked at the Mary Chapel, and then again in 2015, when I looked at the Christ the King Chapel. I also wrote a short article about it for St. Louis Magazine. But…
Former West Belleville Township High School
Update: The City of Belleville bought the high school campus back from the university and converted it into an training center and office complex. It is now known as the Southwestern Illinois Justice & Workforce Development Campus. Originally opened in 1916, the old West Belleville Township High School served the entire community, before the size…
The Old Factory, West Belleville
Does anyone know what this large factory-looking building was originally? It lies on Route 13, which is now South Belt Road West, and South 28th Street. The duplexes in front of the factory above clearly look like workers’ houses, built at the same time. It now seems to be occupied by some sort of recycling…
Northwest of Downtown, Belleville
Northwest of downtown Belleville, the housing is distinctly more of the workers’ cottages that I saw around the old Stag Brewery, which is nearby. Many of the houses are still in really good condition, and their owners still take pride and probably enjoy the simple and low utilities of the small footprints. There is the…
East of Downtown on Washington Street, Belleville
Heading east down Washington Street from downtown Belleville are a whole ensemble of amazing houses, such as the one seen above, which has been carefully restored. I like this little Romanesque Revival cottage sitting back from the street; it is simple and restrained, but still looks great along the street wall. The St. Clair Historical…