Saint Trinity Cemetery on Lemay Ferry at Reavis Barracks Road is a place that I’ve driven by dozens of times, and this time I finally went in and explored. I’ve always thought the name is interesting, being Saint Trinity instead of Holy Trinity. There is no explanation why that is. The cemetery has a very…
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Casco Methodist Church, Leslie, Franklin County
Located near Ebenezer Lutheran Church, we find Casco Methodist Church. The original rubble stone church, most likely dating from 1871, has a more contemporary narthex built out the front, probably built in 2002 The back wall of the church is unadorned except for two tie rods. The cemetery is large, with what looks to be…
Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Port Hudson, Franklin County
Our next stop was Ebenezer Lutheran Church, which is located in the unincorporated community of Port Hudson or Leslie. It was organized on September 1, 1846. The church’s original name was Deutsche Evangelische Lutheran Ebenezer Kirche, and the current structure was built in 1896 at a cost of just over $3,000. It is also a…
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Franklin County
Originally known as the Evangelisch Lutheran Bethlehem Kirche, this congregation was organized in 1852. It is now part of the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church. As can be seen on the front facade, the current church is from 1919, which makes sense stylistically. If you were wondering what U.A.C. stands for, it is Unaltered…
Chief O’Brien Grave, Calvary Cemetery
We were wandering around Calvary Cemetery when we found this unique monument to Chief of Police Martin O’Brien. In 1919, he was wounded while chasing two “highwaymen” who had just robbed a jewelry store. He sounds like a much more hands on manager than many leaders nowadays.
Old Potters’ Field Interment, Mount Lebanon Cemetery
Thirteen years ago, Toby Weiss of BeltSTL and I looked fruitlessly for the location of the reinterment of the St. Louis Potters’ Field, moved to Mount Lebanon Cemetery in 1950. This time, I came up with the ingenious idea of simply calling the cemetery on the phone, now owned by Alexander-White-Millen Funeral Home, and a…
Old St. Marcus Cemetery
Readers who grew up in South St. Louis might remember the sad abandonment and despoliation of Old St. Marcus, on Gravois Avenue just northeast of the city limits. Originally founded by St. Marcus Evangelical Church, a storied German congregation, it suffered from disinvestment and abandonment, while its counterpart, across the border in Affton continued with…
Friedens Cemetery, Late June 2026
In response to some concerns I heard about the condition of Friedens Cemetery, which I hadn’t visited since September of 2024, we took a look a week or so ago. While the grass looks to have been mowed relatively recently, there were a large number of tree limbs broken and lying on the ground. And…
End of Spring 2026 Odds and Ends
It’s that time of year, so it’s time for odds and ends! Above is a spandrel from a storefront in downtown Belleville, looking suspiciously like something Louis Sullivan would design. Below is just another house we found while driving around town. Cleveland High School is looking really, really bad compared to earlier visits; I first…
Two Cemeteries, Birmingham, Alabama
We looked at two cemeteries in the Birmingham, the first of which was Highland Memorial Gardens, founded in 1954. This is an example of a memorial park; while there are a few headstones, the vast majority of gravestones are flush with the lawn, giving a more clean and modern look that took over cemetery design…