One of the oldest suburbs in the St. Louis region, Kirkwood has a wealth of historic houses, including a few that even date to before the Civil War. One of them is the Marquitz-Garesche House, which dates to 1858, and is a historic landmark in Kirkwood. You can see the interior in a recent real…
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West C Street To North 10th Street Via Voss Place, Belleville
We now turn onto West C Street in Belleville, and discover a building whose originally purpose remains unknown to me. Was it a Turnverein or some other German social organization? I don’t know, but perhaps a reader does. We next come up to a short private street, Voss Place, which betrays its obvious Teutonic origins…
Hickory Street Between Ohio and South Jefferson Avenues
Our last street we’ll be looking at in the old Staniford Addition is Hickory Street, which was formerly named Elizabeth Street. To the north, what is north LaSalle Street and Florist Row was Virginia Street, another woman’s name (note back on the Compton and Dry it was just a raised right of way in 1876)….
Rutger Street Between Ohio and South Jefferson Avenues
Moving north up to Rutger Street in the old Staniford Addition from 1863, we again see some very old houses from easily the 1870s. This block in particular perhaps has the most houses preserved. Rutger was originally Sarah Street. It is perhaps obvious why these streets were renamed with names from further to the east…
Caroline Street Between Ohio and Southern Jefferson Avenues
Jumping over Park Avenue, where the historic fabric of the city has been completely erased, we arrive at a gold mine of houses from the 1870s and 80s. And Compton and Dry’s Pictorial St. Louis from 1876 gives us some interesting views of what was there 150 years ago. The first half of the block…
St. Vincent Avenue Between Ohio and South Jefferson Avenues
We now jump ahead to the north a bit due to the redevelopment that annihilated a large swath of Compton Hill, which I wrote about at St. Louis Magazine. First known as Lafayatte Town and then the Gate District, I still call this neighborhood by its historic name. While the majority of the urban fabric,…
Geyer Avenue Between Ohio and South Jefferson Avenues
Moving east of Ohio Avenue, Geyer Avenue shows the detrimental effects of the interstate and its offramp to South Jefferson. There is a small house off by itself, which breaks the street wall. Otherwise, there are two story houses up close to the sidewalk. But there are also very old Italianate houses, probably from the…
Geyer Avenue Between California and Ohio Avenues
Heading one block to the north to Geyer Avenue, it would be remiss to not talk about how Interstate 44, the Ozark Expressway, has altered the street forever. As I demonstrated above with the blue shaded area on the Compton and Dry Pictorial St. Louis from 1876, all of that land is now under the…
Allen Avenue Between California and Ohio Avenues
As is common, in early additions, there is usually at least one street with the same, so of course, since we’re in the Thomas Allen Western Addition, there’s Allen Street, which goes all the way into Soulard, where the wealthy land owner had considerable holdings (he, along with Julia Cerré Soulard created that neighborhood as…
Russell Boulevard Between California and Ohio Avenues
I’ve looked at the stunning block of Russell Boulevard numerous times over the years since it’s one of my favorite stretches of houses in the city. Following the street naming convention of “Indian tribes,” this section was originally known as Pontiac Street. One time was back in March of 2015 when I focused on the…