I’ve driven by the Humboldt School so many times I was beginning to be a bit embarrassed that I had never photographed it. At the bare minimum, just like the former Webster and Roe schools (and probably many more), Humboldt started out as older style–in this case more of an Italianate–school which was replaced by…
Tag: Soulard
Fire, Soulard Church
Despite having driven by this church on the very edge of Soulard well over a thousand times, I came to the realization that I had never photographed it before the fire that struck it one night recently. Apparently painting supplies spontaneously combusted, which is completely possible if they are not allowed to dry properly; the…
End of Winter 2023 Odds and Ends
The old Soulard Branch of the St. Louis Public Library has had several uses over the last decade besides the commercial space facing 7th Boulevard. There was “The Library” and then “The Archives.” They’re both gone. Below, in McKinley Heights, I still can’t believe that Second Empire house below is sitting vacant; the property values…
South Broadway Athletic Club
The South Broadway Athletic Club is a Soulard and South City institution, though if you know better, it’s actually on South Seventh Boulevard, one block west from its famous namesake. The building served an earlier life as first the Russell Avenue Missions (despite the cross street being Shenandoah), an outpost of the Baptist Church, by…
Former Site of Union Park, Soulard
Along Russell Boulevard in Soulard is an interesting row of buildings, some quite old such as this one above and below which now houses artists’ studios (as well as an amazing terracotta frieze which is sadly obscured by a gnarled tree). I was alerted by a friend who once lived here. If anyone has a…
Bevo Bottling Plant, Morning Light
The Anheuser-Busch Brewery never ceases to be interesting to me, and on an early Saturday morning, I captured the Bevo Bottling Plant with the sun shining on it. The old shipping office can be seen off to the right, which I’ve also photographed before. I looked at the bottling plant way back in February of…
Sidney Street Between Thirteenth and Eighteenth Streets
This is a short block, and more of a creation of later powers than its original creators. Hemmed in by the interstate and Eighteenth Street on the west and the new Thirteenth Street on the east at least on the north side, it is only three to four houses long on both the north and…
They Don’t Build Them Like They Used To #8
Is this actually legal?
Maximilian Feuerbacher House
I’ve never actually looked closely at the Maximilian Feuerbacher House before, but it’s come back to my attention because it’s been bought by new owners who are restoring it to its former beauty after decades of prior ownership. It’s one of the oldest houses built by a brewery owner, dating back to the early 1870s,…
Sidney Street Between Eleventh and Twelfth Streets
Heading west looking at the south side of Sidney from Eleventh Street, there is a half flounder first, sitting high up above the modern street grade. Then there are a whole row of more elaborate Second Empire houses, showing how the style was beginning to evolve away from wood planing mill-produced ornament towards terracotta and…