Passing by Taft and another abandoned storefront, we begin to see the rise in elevation as we work our way up the hill towards Cleveland High School. There’s a wide variety of housing stock. Including these two beauties, whose age probably predate much of the other houses in the area. Then there’s a whole row…
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The Beauty of Dutchtown, 99: Tennessee Avenue Between Itaska and Taft Streets, West Side
The next block is just as unique as the others further south on Tennessee Avenue, with compact two-families starting out just north of the Itaska. But then we get a whole row of single story bungalows. More than anything, I associate these houses with the southern end of Dutchtown, down the hill from Meramec Street….
The Beauty of Dutchtown, 98: Tennessee Avenue Between Delor and Itaska Streets, West Side
Heading just one block north again, the housing stock changes. Multi-family buildings appear, with two-families predominating. There’s evidence that at least some of them have been converted into single-family houses, such as the one above and possibly the one on the right below. A couple of single family bungalows end the block before the alley….
The Beauty of Dutchtown, 97: Tennessee Avenue Between Walsh and Delor Streets, West Side
Heading north, we see more of the traditional houses that we see in the southern side of Dutchtown, built in the early Twentieth Century. Many like the ones above have pressed metal cornices that are now missing, but the ones below have terracotta ones which have fared better over the years. Older versions, instead of…
The Beauty of Dutchtown, 96: Tennessee Avenue Between Eichelberger and Walsh Streets, West Side
The Beauty of Dutchtown left off with No. 95. I’m going deep to the southern edge of what I consider to be Dutchtown, and heading north up Tennessee Avenue, starting at the intersection of Eichelberger Street, looking at the west side. In many ways, at least on this block, the housing stock reminds of Bevo,…
Nebraska Avenue Between Delor and Itaska Streets, Dutchtown
To the west of this section of South Broadway is a block of Nebraska Avenue just east of Interstate 55 which I stumbled upon recently. It reminds me that just one hundred or so feet to the west, houses just like the ones seen here were annihilated in the 1950s. Otherwise, this street would have…
Nebraska Avenue Between Dakota and Osceola Streets, Behind the Former Charless Home
I’ve always been interested by residential or commercial streets across from institutional blocks, such as in this case, the block of Nebraska Avenue west of the old Charless Home of the Friendless, now renovated into senior housing. While there are some unique buildings near the southern end near Dakota Street, the majority are identical, obviously…
Enclaves of St. Louis #3: 2700 Block of Osceola Street
It’s been a little while since I’ve done an Enclaves of St. Louis feature, so I thought I’d look at the 2700 block of Osceola Street in Dutchtown, just east of South Broadway and west of Interstate 55, which now artificially truncates the block. This must be a very interesting place to live, with just…
The Beauty of Dutchtown, 95: Nebraska Avenue Between Osage and Keokuk Streets, Revisited
The Beauty of Dutchtown continues here. I’ve looked at this block before, back in October of 2019, but only cursorily. I decided to come back and look at this fascinating section of Dutchtown, where its history, beginning as farm and pastureland in the St. Louis Commons stretches back to the 1840s. I think there are…
The Beauty of Dutchtown, 94: Meramec Street Between California and Ohio Avenues, North Side, Revisited
Passing by Meramec School we again look at Meramec Street between California and Ohio avenues which we visited back in October of 2019. One the far side of the school we cross Iowa Avenue and there are several in-fill houses, but then are a couple of my favorite little one story houses, seen below, and…