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…
Tag: Churches
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…
St. Gertrude Roman Catholic Church, Krakow, Franklin County
Moving east on Highway YY, we reach the unincorporated community of Krakow, which was historically Polish American. St. Gertrude’s was founded in 1846. The church building is quite old; the original building was constructed in 1856 with the tower being built and altered in the following decades. As you can see below, the nave was…
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…
St. Louis Avenue Between North 22nd and North 23rd Streets, South Side
While I’ve looked at St. Louis Avenue numerous times over the last eighteen years, I’ve never actually published any photographs of the south side of the street in St. Louis Place (except for ones that have all been demolished and this one weird one). We’ll start at North 22nd Street and work west. First up,…
Meramec Street Between Ohio Avenues and South Grand Boulevard, South Side, Dutchtown
I’ve looked at the north side of Meramec Street in Dutchtown extensively, in two groups of posts that start here and here, but I’ve never looked at the south side except here and there with individual buildings. Let’s start at South Broadway and work our way west. Thanks to Found St. Louis, I learned the…
More of New Harmony, Indiana
We saw some other interesting buildings in New Harmony, including the Working Man’s Institute, founded by William Maclure in 1838. The current building is from 1894 and is still open to the public. Besides serving as a library, it also contains a museum of artifacts from the earliest period of New Harmony, as well as…