While located just across the border in Webster Groves, the Roman Catholic church of Mary, Queen of Peace is often associated with the small suburb of Glendale. The current church was built in 1955 and features windows by Emil Frei & Associates. But I am interested in the sculptures in the high altar. I showed…
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East of North Street, Peoria, Part Two
Continuing around on Columbia Terrace in Peoria, there are these houses from the early Twentieth Century. There is also this impressive Tudor Revival house around on Randolph Avenue. But then there are some amazing Queen Anne houses, with elaborate paint schemes, such as the one below. There is this unique house below in green stone.
Marshall Place and the Former Webster College
Platted early in the history of Webster Groves and served by the nearby train station, houses on Marshall Place date from 1860 to 1910, a span of fifty years. It was platted by John Marshall in 1860, and the first couple of houses are more Colonial Revival. But clearly one of the oldest houses is…
North Florissant Avenue North of Salisbury, Hyde Park, July 2024
On my way somewhere, I passed by these old Second Empire houses, which have long intrigued me for many years. See older posts October of 2017 and August of 2018. Amazingly, six years later, they are all still here, both abandoned and occupied. This one below is the really rare one: a wood frame Second…
Ventura High School Gymnasium, Iowa
Please bear with me for one more post from Iowa. While stopped in the small town of Ventura on the western shores of Clear Lake to get ice cream, we spotted this amazing gymnasium attached to the former high school. While the original high school building was fine (and utterly ruined with small windows), the…
Mid-City, Cairo, Part Two
There were once at least three Catholic churches in Cairo, and St. Joseph’s was located somewhere near its grade school, which still stands; you can see in these photos. St. Patrick’s survives, and you can see it in this post from the first time I visited; apparently some of the furnishings from the closed parishes…
McKinley High School, Revisited Again
The light was shining on McKinley High School a couple of weekends ago, and I thought I would take some photos. I’ve looked at it before twice, back in June of 2014 and November of 2020. It’s such a great example of the Tudor Revival high schools that popped up designed by William Ittner in…
Lindenwood School
Designed by George W. Sanger, Lindenwood School has now been converted into apartments, a common reuse for many of the closed educational buildings in the St. Louis Public School System. Like many of the schools inspired by the firm of Ittner and Milligan, it’s an interesting mix of styles. The central portal is firmly rooted…
Around Hall Street, Cathedral Hill, St. Joseph
There’s more amazing architecture to the west on the slopes of Cathedral Hill, which we examined at different times of the day and dates. There has been some recent in-fill on what had been a recently cleared area of several blocks. There was an abandoned school, and I had to wonder if it was an…
Three Churches, St. Joseph
Originally organized in 1854, the current First Presbyterian Church dates from 1911, sitting at the corner of 7th and Jules streets. Edmond Jacques Eckel, perhaps the most famed, talented and ubiquitous architect in St. Joseph, as well as a collaborator Walter Boschen, designed the church. It’s a nice example of the Colonial Revival with a…