I’ve looked at the Feickert Family Plot before, which is right next to the Adam Lemp Family Plot in Bellefontaine Cemetery (they bought them both on the same day, years before their children William and Julia were married). Of course, William J. Lemp Sr. moved his in-laws, Jacob and Elizabeth to his mausoleum, so the…
Tag: Neo-Classicism
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Nighttime
Jason Gray and I were recently given the opportunity to do some late afternoon and evening night photography at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Here are some of my shots. Jason did many more and better photographs that you’ll see in the future.
Former Carmel of St. Joseph Monastery, Revisited
I can’t stress the importance of the survival of the former home of the Carmelites in Soulard. It’s a fantastic example of Neoclassical architecture in an ecclesiastic building. I looked at the former Carmel of St. Joseph Monastery back in November of 2019. The front portal, which includes pilasters in the Tuscan order, features a…
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Winter 2021
I took a look around Bellefontaine Cemetery in early January, when the winter had set in, leaving the grounds in their stark but beautiful appearance for the season. I went back the Saturday in mid-February after the big snow and frigid snow, and checked out the cemetery again, and caught some nice vistas across the…
St. Joseph Croatian Catholic Church and Former Ursuline Convent
The old Ursuline Convent was built in 1850, on land purchased by Archbishop Kenrick with money apparently donated by the King of Bavaria. Devoted to teaching, at one point they managed nineteen schools around the Archdiocese. You can read about the Ursuline Sisters here at their website. They were named after St. Ursula, a famous…
Carondelet Public Schools
Carondelet School, located on the far south end of the neighborhood, in what is often referred to as The Patch, was built in 1871, meaning it was built the year after the annexation of Carondelet into the City of St. Louis. It is an interesting transition from the Neo-Classical into the Italianate, and you can…
Grand Water Tower, Repainted
I went by and photography the Grand Water Tower (yes, I know it’s technically a standpipe) and checked out the new paint job. It looks great. Compare it to my photograph of the capital in particular from March of 2019 to see the difference.
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Late Summer
I find someone new every time I visit Bellefontaine Cemetery, and recently I found the grave of William Russell, who was an important figure in early St. Louis history. See his family’s estate here where they mined coal and clay. While the limestone has been damaged by acid rain, you can still imagine how beautiful…
From the Vault: Downtown Palmyra
Downtown Palmyra is typical of many small county seats: an abundance of Italianate storefronts of about two stories high that were built in clusters so they create a “street wall” along Main Street. What is fun to see is how buildings, built at the same time or within the same decade, have taken on lives…
Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois
Woodland Cemetery is perched dramatically on the bluffs south of downtown Quincy on an untouched portion of the rocky valleys and gullies that once typified the area before human settlement. There are dramatic views of the Mississippi River and the floodplains of Northeast Missouri beyond. There are not many mausolea, but there are a few,…