Heading east down Monroe Street, we come across some interesting houses that have received Formstone, which I am familiar with from living in Baltimore. I am not sure what possessed these owners to do this to their houses. This old wood frame house is not long for this world, I’ve been told. I’ve always been…
Tag: Rehabilitation
Old North, Revisited Winter 2022, North Market Between Jackson Place and North Florissant Avenue
I could have sworn I’ve photographed North Market Street west of Jackson Place before, but apparently not. There are all sorts of interesting buildings, including some in-fill. There are still some abandoned houses, as well. My friend Matt renovated the house on the right below. It is still not completely done yet, but looks great…
Old North, Revisited Winter 2022, Hadley Street Between Wright and Montgomery Streets
Heading south on Hadley Street, we pass by some houses that we’ve looked at before, back in September of 2019. The problem with this street is that it is a major cut-through to get over to the on-ramp onto southbound Interstate 70, so cars fly down this stretch. Who wants to listen to people revving…
Old North, Revisited Winter 2022, Hebert Street Between North Thirteenth and Hadley Streets
I’ve observed this block of Hebert Street for years, and I’ve always been interested in how well preserved many houses are, and I’ve also been saddened how nothing has happened to others in over fifteen years of looking at Old North. I don’t seem to have photos of those early years, but here are views…
Old North, Revisited Winter 2022, Palm Street Between Knapp and North Fourteenth Streets
Palm Street always elicits feelings of the tropics, yet that is not what I feel when I look at my pictures, which were frequently taken in the winter, but also in warmer, sunny weather. I’ve photographed this little cottage before in 2017, and at one point my friends were going to renovate it but decided…
Old North, Revisited Winter 2022, Hebert Street Between North Fourteenth and Nineteenth Streets
I could have sworn I’d posted all of these buildings before, but apparently not. The house above was actually originally a school, sitting on the northeast corner of the intersection of Fourteenth and Hebert. Heading west, we encounter one of the most intact blocks in all of Old North. There is a wall of Second…
Old North, Revisited Winter 2022, Fourteenth Street Between Warren and Wright Streets
Over the next two weeks, leading up to the Fifteenth anniversary of St. Louis Patina, I’m going to be looking at the Old North St. Louis neighborhood. In many ways, it’s the area of the city that first got me interested in the preservation of St. Louis way back in the fall of 2006 when…
Shenandoah Arch Replaced
Back in January of 2020, I featured the four-family on Shenandoah Avenue whose front porch was later demolished due to structural problems (it was almost certainly not original to the building). Lo and behold, it has been completely rebuilt, which is great news, as it added a lot of character to the Tower Grove East…
Renovation of the Old Bavarian Inn
There’s some great news at the long dormant and abandoned, and frequently vandalized former Bavarian Inn restaurant at the southeastern corner of Arsenal Street and Minnesota Avenue. The rehabilitation will return a restaurant space and outdoor patio to the old storefront facing Arsenal, and the house facing Minnesota will become a rental property. A later…
State Street Historic District, Jacksonville, Part Two
Moving along down east back towards Central Park in Jacksonville on West State Street, we encounter the August Ayers House, constructed in 1857. That date of construction makes it an incredibly early example of Italianate architecture. Moving along, the Italianate houses are humbler, but I can’t help but notice that the house below has a…