Update: The ruins of the church were later demolished. Next we head into Fountain Park, where there has probably been the most media attention. I hesitated in photographing the Centennial Christian Church due to the tragic death of Patricia Penelton, one of five people who perished during the tornado. The church is planning on demolishing…
Tag: Fountain Park
Aubert Avenue North of Fountain Park
Heading north from the former Fountain Park Congregational Church, we head up Aubert Avenue, which is typical of most St. Louis additions or subdivisions in which a street in the development was named after the area. The houses are definitely less elaborate on the less prominent side street. But there is an interesting surprise that…
Euclid Avenue North of Fountain Park
Heading north of the houses ringing Fountain Park and passing by Euclid School, we continue north on Euclid Avenue. Perhaps what is most interesting is this sudden cluster of extremely old wood frame houses, clearly dating from the exurban days of the Aubert Place Addition. While city records clearly state that Pitzman had platted the…
Fountain Park, Revisited
Update: The Fountain Park neighborhood was severely damaged by the tornado in the afternoon of May 16, 2025. I first looked at Fountain Park way back in December of 2008, and its appearance has changed little. What is interesting is that the fountain in the middle was simplified at some point, as can be seen…
Euclid Avenue South of Fountain Park
I was recently giving a colleague the “Naffziger Tour” around North St. Louis and we passed through the Fountain Park neighborhood; I realized I had not really looked at the area in a while and came back to delve a little deeper. I went up Euclid Avenue, the same one that goes through the wealthiest…
Euclid School
Update: Severely damaged by the tornado that hit the neighborhood on May, 16, 2025. Another one of the pre-Ittner/Milligan schools, Euclid School takes its name from the simple reason that it sits on Euclid Avenue in Fountain Park north of the Central West End. The roof line has almost certainly been altered due to being…
Former Fountain Park Congregational Church
Update: The church was heavily damaged, with the tower destroyed, by the tornado in the afternoon of May 16, 2025. One member of the congregation was killed in the tower’s collapse, and two others were injured. The ruins were later demolished. Today owned by the Centennial Christian Church, this magnificent edifice was originally built as…
Delmar Boulevard, First Half of 2019
I find it interesting that Delmar Boulevard is used as the great demarcation line for the discussion of race relations in St. Louis. For the most part, east of Kingshighway, it is a completely unremarkable stretch of street, with abandonment and empty lots on both sides of the street. Blight continues south of Delmar for…
Euclid Avenue, Springtime 2019
Things change, and things don’t from a year and a month earlier.
Fountain Park Turret Building in Limbo
Update: The building was finally stabilized as of August of 2024. Sadly, the building was destroyed by the tornado that hit the neighborhood on May 16, 2025. I checked up on this architectural treasure, the type of building that is no longer built, last summer, and this spring it is evident that it continues to…