Let’s head two Frisco Railroad stops to the northeast and get off our imaginary train and get off at the Old Orchard stop. Sadly, the station is lost, but it was located at the dead end of Old Orchard Avenue, at the railroad tracks, obviously. Old Orchard, not surprisingly, took its name from the large…
Tag: Early Twentieth Century Eclectic
West Main Street Between 14th and 10th Streets, Belleville
Continuing down West Main Street, which locals call the longest of its name in the world (it is admittedly a very long street), we cross over 14th Street in Belleville. There are some very old houses, such as the one above, and also some signs of life in the presence of a few restaurants that…
West Main Street Between 21st and 14th Streets, Belleville
We picked up West Main Street in Belleville just east of the old Belleville West Township High School and headed southeast for awhile. While it’s still a little residential, it quickly becomes strictly commercial after a block or two, and demonstrates how the city was a bustling center of industry in the Nineteenth Century. Duplexes…
St. Vincent Avenue Between Ohio and South Jefferson Avenues
We now jump ahead to the north a bit due to the redevelopment that annihilated a large swath of Compton Hill, which I wrote about at St. Louis Magazine. First known as Lafayatte Town and then the Gate District, I still call this neighborhood by its historic name. While the majority of the urban fabric,…
Lafayette Avenue Between Ohio and South Jefferson Avenues
Crossing over the interstate, we reach Lafayette Avenue, which is the 1854 James Eads Addition on the south side of the street, which we see in the photographs below. The pink building above was original an Ice and Fuel building. There has been extensive renovation and redevelopment on Lafayette Avenue in what I call Compton…
Geyer Avenue Between Ohio and South Jefferson Avenues
Moving east of Ohio Avenue, Geyer Avenue shows the detrimental effects of the interstate and its offramp to South Jefferson. There is a small house off by itself, which breaks the street wall. Otherwise, there are two story houses up close to the sidewalk. But there are also very old Italianate houses, probably from the…
Allen Avenue Between Ohio and South Jefferson Avenues
Heading east of Ohio Avenue on Allen Avenue towards South Jefferson Avenue, there is a wide variety of houses, some older but many on the newer side relatively. This section of street seems to have developed slower. And the houses that are here look to be from the 1890s and 1900s. The house on the…
Ann Avenue Between California and Ohio Avenues
Heading yet another block north, we now head down Ann Avenue from California to Ohio Avenue in the east-west blocks of northeastern Fox Park. We see something new for the first time in this examination: single family houses like one might see Tower Grove Heights over on the long blocks around the intersection of South…
Accomac Street Between Ohio and South Jefferson Avenues
Heading east of Ohio Avenues on Accomac Street towards South Jefferson, we continue to see two family houses. The architectural styles are hard to quantify; take for example, above, where there is a little point sticking up above the pediment. Overall, the houses look more or less the same, and it can be seen that…
Accomac Street Between California and Ohio Avenues
Moving one block to the north, to Accomac Street, we see more of a mix of four-families, single families and two families. If you’ve ever wondered where the name came from, it is a town in Virginia, located out on that little peninsula that is not contiguous with the rest of the state. Originally the…