We picked up West Main Street in Belleville just east of the old Belleville West Township High School and headed southeast for awhile. While it’s still a little residential, it quickly becomes strictly commercial after a block or two, and demonstrates how the city was a bustling center of industry in the Nineteenth Century. Duplexes…
Tag: Queen Anne Style
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…
Kimmswick, Revisited
Founded in 1859 by German Theodore Kimm, we thought that Kimmswick was worth a second look recently since we were in the area after having looked at it back in August of 2020. I had forgotten how many log cabins there were in the town. And judging from the National Register nomination, which does not…
North Walnut Street and Environs, Perryville
There’s always that one street (or two) that spurs off of the courthouse square lined with Queen Anne or other late Nineteenth Century styles, and in Perryville, it’s North Walnut Street. While most of the millwork has been lost, the houses still stand, and it’s an interesting street to visit.
The Streets Around Downtown, Perryville
Around the courthouse square in Perryville are an assortment of brick houses, which I suspect are from around the time of the Civil War or earlier. The houses are simple, with gable roofs and four bays wide facing the street. I suspect many were built by German immigrants. A highlight is the Faherty House, which…
Perryville, Perry County, Missouri
We visited the town of Perryville in Perry County last weekend to check out the area and in particular the Shrine at St. Mary of the Barrens, which we’ll look at later this week. It’s an interesting and extremely old part of Missouri, with origins dating back to 1820, right around the founding of the…
Bartmer Avenue Between Goodfellow Boulevard and Clara Avenue, West End
Crossing Goodfellow Boulevard, we first pass the former Cabanne Methodist Episcopal Church, which was located at this intersection from 1902 to 2003; it was previously several blocks to the south at Vernon Avenue. This is a long block, and its Sanborn map can be seen in this post for Chamberlain Avenue. As we saw to…
Bartmer Avenue Between Hamilton Avenue and Goodfellow Boulevard, West End
Heading east of Hamilton Avenue, Bartmer Avenue is north of not a parallel east-west street, but actually two, one-block north-south streets which are now blocked off, Parkland and Thornby places. I’ve looked at Thornby Place back in October of 2017. A synagogue once was located where there is now a parking lot on the northeast…
Chamberlain Avenue Between Clara and Belt Avenues, West End, Revisited
I supposedly visited Chamberlain Avenue in between Clara and Belt avenues back in August of 2009, but for the life of me, I can’t figure out where half of the photos I included in that post seventeen years ago are actually from. A couple really are from Chamberlain Avenue, but the others–who knows. Anyway, I…
Chamberlain Avenue Between Goodfellow Boulevard and Clara Avenue, West End
Chamberlain Avenue between Goodfellow and Clara is in a much better state of preservation than other parts of the West End. The houses are a mix of wood and brick. And there is a mix of architecture styles. There is some good news; I briefly looked at Chamberlain Avenue back in April of 2021 and…