I then traveled north of St. Louis Avenue, and found some houses that I don’t think I’ve ever seen before, and they were very interesting. The wood frame house above might be a severely deteriorated Italianate cottage, but it is hard to tell. It sits up close to two brick neighbors. Another wood frame house…
Tag: Early Twentieth Century Eclectic
San Francisco Avenue Between North Euclid Avenue to Kingshighway Boulevard, Penrose
Heading north up North Euclid Avenue past these four-families, we make it back to San Francisco Avenue, nearing the end of our journey. We turn left at this house, which is interesting in that it has a poured concrete foundation but has weird proportions. Back on San Francisco Avenue, we see a whole row of…
Sacramento Avenue Between Marcus and North Euclid Avenues, Penrose
At Marcus Street, we next head west on Sacramento, with this house and its companions dating from 1906. We cross over Shreve and see these houses, which are a decade later. And then we see one of the coolest prefab metal cornices in the city on the house below! What I love about St. Louis…
Margaretta Avenue Between Cora and Marcus Avenues, Penrose
Backtracking to a street that makes it past Bradley Park, I settled on Margaretta Avenue to continue on my journey west through Penrose. There’s those three houses above (and another further down) with the half lunettes in the cornices; the construction dates are listed as 1911, and while they and the house below have a…
San Francisco Avenue Between North Taylor Avenue and Bradley Park, Penrose
I don’t know why but I decided to continue on San Francisco Avenue, ignoring the “Street Not Thru” sign with a cavalier attitude. There was a wide variety of houses from many different time periods, which I found interesting considering much of my journey had large blocks of houses built in tracts. But there was…
San Francisco Avenue Between Clarence and North Taylor Avenues, Penrose
Heading west, we pass by the former Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, which was severely damaged by the tornado of May 16, 2025. I think it might be abandoned, but I am not sure. On the south side of the street, there is this lone house. San Francisco Avenue doglegs to the left, or…
San Francisco Avenue Between Red Bud and Clarence Avenues, Penrose
The next block is still the 4200 block but we see something surprising. The houses are several decades older, dating from 1908. And we see the appearance of some interesting houses, with dramatic and dominant shed roofs over their porches, built in 1923. We cross over Turner Avenue and enter the 4200 block of West…
Northeast Madison Avenue Between Voris Avenue and Abington Street, Northeast Peoria
We continue to the northeast on Northeast Madison Avenue in Northeast Peoria, looking at the varied housing stock, including that interesting house above with a double gable. Note the three front doors on the first floor. There are more of that common workers’ houses, with some of the original millwork left in the lintels on…
Northeast Madison Avenue Between Spalding and Voris Avenues, Northeast Peoria
I revisited the neighborhood in Peoria that I’ve dubbed Northeast Peoria, which are those streets that come out of downtown and have a wide variety of styles and ages of construction. I chose to view the entire length of Madison Avenue Northeast, starting at Spalding Avenue but really beginning at the giant trench that takes…
North Grand Boulevard Between North Market Street and Natural Bridge Avenue
Crossing North Market Street, we see the newly christened St. Josephine Bakhita Parish, which is the former Sts. Theresa and Bridget. Due to the closure of a number of other parishes, there was a consolidation of borders. A former convenience store has opened up with a new owners… Joseph Baker Wallpaper and Paint, from what…