Here are some leftover photos from the last six months. Above is a Falstaff sign in Benton Park. Above, looking down a street in what I think is Kingsway East towards the Chase Park Plaza, but I can’t be sure. Above is the Missouri Athletic Club, which I snapped while sitting at the light at…
Tag: Benton Park
Second Empire, Reborn
Well, I’ll be darned! That Second Empire beauty at the southeast corner of South Jefferson Avenue and Miami Street wasn’t actually a hazardous building in imminent danger of collapse after all! It’s been reopened as a space for a non-for-profit that provides housing for people in need. Looks like it’s structurally sound!
Missouri Avenue Between Lynch and Sidney Streets
Heading north of Lynch Street, we continue north on Missouri Avenue. There’s this very old house above, and then a whole line of Second Empire houses. This house below was built before the street was graded, as can be seen by the heavily exposed foundation. Then we reach Sidney Street, which we looked at back…
Missouri Avenue Between Crittenden and Lynch Streets
I’ve only looked at a small portion of Missouri Avenue in Benton Park, the portion between Arsenal and Pestalozzi back in June of 2020. We’ll retread a bit of the portion between Crittenden and Pestalozzi, and then continue north into new territory. There are a lot of Second Empire houses, as would be expected. And…
Sidney Street Between Lemp Avenue and Salena Street, South Side, Revisited
I’ve looked at this stretch of Sidney Street in Benton Park almost exactly four years ago to the week, but the light was looking so right that I thought I’d revisit the houses and storefronts that make this streetscape one of the most interesting in the city. These first buildings above are sandwiched between Interstate…
McNair Avenue Between Lynch and Sidney Streets, West Side
Continuing north past Lynch Street, we look at the west side of McNair Avenue in Benton Park. We looked at the east side of the street back in November of 2019. These first few houses are interesting, in that they are perhaps more dense than what we see in what was originally the “suburban” Benton…
McNair Avenue Between Pestalozzi and Lynch Streets, West Side
I’ve briefly looked at this stretch of McNair Avenue in Benton Park before, but it was the east side of the street and only with a few photos. This time we’ll look at McNair north of Pestalozzi to Lynch Street on the west side, where there is a wealth of beautiful houses fitting for the…
President Street Between Wisconsin and Lemp Avenues, Revisited
I stopped by this block of President Street very briefly back in August of 2017, so I thought I’d take another look. It’s interesting to see that it was already highly built up by 1875, but also that other than for three buildings, much of that early settlement is now gone. But perhaps it is…
Illinois Avenue Between Miami and Potomac Streets
Illinois Avenue just north of Miami Street starts off with some severely muddled houses, each one modified from their original appearance. And then comes a wide variety of Second Empire houses, all from different epochs of the style as it evolved in the 1880s and 90s. And then a one story bungalow is thrown in….
Old Survivor, Rehabbed, Adam Lemp’s Addition
I have some good news to report on a house that I suspect dates back to the 1850s or 60s on South 18th Street, formerly Lux Street in the heart of the old Adam Lemp Addition. When I looked at the house back in March of 2022 (seventh photo down), it was sitting abandoned. But…