We set out to explore Dingledine Cemetery on Dingledine Road in St. Charles County. First up we spotted what we suspect to be the Dingledine house, on land that was probably their farm but what is now a subdivision. The cemetery is old, but there are also burials as recent as 2019. Interestingly, as can…
Tag: Houses
Two Houses, Seibert Avenue, Lemay
I came across these two houses just to the southwest of the intersection of Morgan Ford and Seibert Avenue. Does anyone know the story behind them?
Sunshine Drive Between January and Gravois Avenues
I came across this street of nice homes just northeast of the cemeteries. There’s not much to say but it’s a great example of how there are so many streets like this throughout the city.
Southern Walnut Park
After looking at the hulking industrial buildings yesterday, I explored a little of what I consider to be southern Walnut Park but what the City officially calls the Mark Twain neighborhood. I think there’s this image that the entire area is bombed out, but that is just not the truth. There are many streets of…
JeffVanderLou, Late October 2026, Part Two
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…
JeffVanderLou, Late October 2026, Part One
I visited JeffVanderLou in the early morning light, and revisited many of the houses I’ve photographed over the years. The buildings above, I last saw back in December of 2022 (last photo). Much of the area is now abandoned, sadly. We’ll see if the NGA has any positive effect on the area, which hasn’t happened…
Rapidly Disappearing Houses, The Ville
I’ve been looking at these shotguns in the 4300 block of Kennerly since March of 2014, again in January of 2017 and yet again in December of 2024. The number of houses along this stretch has dwindled, and I wonder about how this historic building type is vanishing. Sure, they’re not complex or built of…
The Lost Houses of Marine Villa
For some reason, I found a bunch of photographs by William Swekosky of houses in the Marine Villa area that have all been annihilated, mostly due to industrial spread and interstate construction; I don’t think younger people fully grasp just how altered this portion of the city is. I’ll let these house “portraits” stand void…
Former Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, Post Tornado
As I mentioned offhand on Sunday, October 25, I had passed by the former Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church when I looked at San Francisco Avenue in Penrose. I decided to go back and take a closer look at the damage. To put it bluntly, it is not good. A warehouse that had been…
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…