Continuing north, here is the west side of Jefferson between Arsenal and Gravois. The following building, the Gravois Theater, was next, but has been demolished. From here, this is Jefferson from Gravois south to Arsenal.
Tag: South Jefferson
Jefferson Avenue, Between Utah and Arsenal
Continuing north, we see the west side of Jefferson between Utah and Arsenal. The house below of course was the residence of one of the owners of the Cherokee Brewery. Below on the left is the Declaration Independence Neudorf House. Update: See the parking lot of the former fast food restaurant to the north in…
Jefferson Avenue, Between Winnebago and Utah
Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that I created a new Special Topics tag a month or so entitled “South Jefferson.” South of Interstate 44, the original Nineteenth Century streetscape is incredibly well-preserved, so for the next couple of days, I’m featuring both sides of the street to complement pre-existing documentation of this thoroughfare. First up…
East Side of Jefferson Avenue, South of Potomac Street
I’ve long thought that South Jefferson, south of where I-44 cut a gash through the city, is a fascinating relic of what a major Nineteenth Century artery in St. Louis looked like. It do not believe Jefferson was ever widened in the Early Twentieth Century, so it preserves the look of the way it looked…
Jefferson Avenue South of Russell Boulevard
Update: The building below was destroyed by fire in June of 2024. There is so much potential along Jefferson, with so many buildings preserved to create a walkable environment. Too bad the cars are flying by at 50 mph. Rich people originally sought out major streets for their houses, such as this beautiful Romanesque Revival…
Beaux-Arts Bank, Jefferson and Gravois
It’s easy to miss the beautiful bank on the southeast corner of the bustling intersection of Jefferson and Gravois. Originally constructed in 1925, it was renovated in 1956, and the annex, now a separate business, was built in 1979
3700 Block of South Jefferson Avenue
Just south of Sump Coffee is this stellar row of houses, lining the east side of the street.
Old Lutheran Hospital
Update: The first floor windows and doors of the hospital were boarded up by the fall of 2021. News reports in the fall of 2023 state that the hospital had been the target of extensive scrapping and metal theft. I revisited the hospital in February of 2024. See some of the neighborhood west of the hospital along…
Old Concordia Theological Seminary
One hundred years ago, it must have been something to travel down South Jefferson, and come across what amounted to a veritable acropolis of German Lutheran society. The Lutheran Hospital, Lutheran School of Nursing, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Concordia Publishing, and the largest of them all, Concordia Theological Seminary. As usual, the site of the…
Indiana Avenue, Benton Park
Indiana Avenue near Jefferson and Pestalozzi is an interesting mix of buildings, with shotguns and apartment buildings sitting side by side. Update: See this and early survivors from this street in this post from September of 2021. It is also an area of numerous sinkholes, as these leaning buildings above attest. Around the corner is…