I saw a bunch of small houses recently that I thought were interesting. The first one has a sad ending, as when I photographed it the first time in my look at Virginia Avenue in Dutchtown (eleventh photograph down) it was still in good condition. I don’t know what happened. Sometimes I forget that a…
Tag: Benton Park West
Arsenal Street Between California and Oregon Avenues, South Side
Crossing over California Avenue, the Grand Furniture Mart anchors the southwest corner; it is actually a combination store and apartment building, creating a dense, urban streetscape. Tucked behind it is a Second Empire house and a 1950s in-fill house. But the next building above, is important; it is a rare double half flounder built along…
Arsenal Street Between Ohio and California Avenues, South Side
Moving west from Ohio Avenue on Arsenal Street, we see a HUD house that has been built on a vacant lot, probably back in the 1970s. I actually met the owner of the house at SerbFest, where he was working security. Next are two stout four-family buildings, which are such a mainstay of the Benton…
Arsenal Street Between Jefferson and Ohio Avenues, South Side
I realized that despite the hundreds of times I’ve driven down Arsenal Street in Benton Park West I’ve never actually photographed it comprehensively, so I hit the south side of the thoroughfare one morning recently. Starting at South Jefferson Avenue, which I’ve looked at here and here, we move west and go by vacant lots,…
North on Compton Avenue #6: Benton Park West from Cherokee to Utah Streets
There is a fascinating mix of housing between Cherokee and Utah streets on the our way north on Compton Avenue/ See the east side of the street in this post. I apparently did not remember to photograph the west side of the street back in 2017. The two one-story houses show how signs of having…
Curby Memorial Presbyterian Church, Benton Park West, Fall 2020
Curby Memorial Presbyterian Church has its roots going back in 1873 on South Broadway, and built the current sanctuary in 1898 at a cost of $17,000. It is named after the daughter of a major donor for this building.
German Evangelisch Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Benton Park West, Fall 2020
I’ve always liked this church, and in fact I know I’ve photographed it before in the past, but now I can’t find that post. In particular, the dramatic double portal in the front façade is what has always drawn me to it. It’s a classic northern German Gothic Revival church overall in massing and style,…
Utah Street Between California and Ohio Avenues, North Side, Benton Park West, Fall 2020
Heading east of Utah we see two of my favorite Italianate houses, with their own porches on the side. I’ve looked at them before, as well as this stretch back in May of 2017. There are more red brick two-family flats… …but I was happy to see this little Italianate bungalow had been renovated and…
Utah Street Between Nebraska and California Avenues, North Side, Benton Park West, Fall 2020
I’ve actually photographed this stretch below back in May of 2017, but I thought it would be worthwhile to look at these stately buildings again. As I’ve mentioned before, What I think these buildings below can teach us is that commercial and residential buildings can work together stylistically, and can even harmonize together in the…
Oregon Avenue Between Wyoming and Utah Streets, Benton Park West, Fall 2020
Heading south of Wyoming and looking at the east side of Oregon, there are more of the typical and stout Romanesque Revival houses and two-family flat apartment buildings. There are also still some Second Empire buildings, as well. There is that normal transition from wood-based decoration to brick and terracotta-based ornamentation. There is some rehabbing…