After reading in the news media that several buildings in the old American Car and Foundry Company were threatened with demolition, I traveled out to St. Charles to take a look. One building the Foundry Arts Center, is at the front of the complex at Clark and North Main Street. It’s a huge complex, and…
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Yahn Dam, Weldon Spring
That strange concrete structure we saw two days ago is the spillway that Theodore Yahn built for what was going to be an earthen dam, which would have filled in a valley. It was never completed, so this stairstepped monolith remains in the woods.
Heck-Roth Cemetery, Weldon Spring
The Heck-Roth Cemetery was located just off the road we looked at yesterday. Like many of the old cemeteries we’ve looked at in the Weldon Spring area, it was for family, and relatively small, though this one is even smaller than usual. The easiest gravestone to read was that of Mathilda Roth, wife of William.
Old Railroad Spur and Quarry, Weldon Spring
We’ve been looking at the former farmsteads and cemeteries around Weldon Spring that were bought up and demolished for the federal government’s armaments plant during World War II and after (we recently discussed the processing of uranium in the area). This time, off lower Hamburg Road, we found some evidence of an old railroad spur…
The Mallinckrodt Chemical Company in the Twentieth Century
The Twentieth Century dawned with Mallinckrodt expanding rapidly. While originally based along North Second Street, it had now reached North Broadway, taking over two long buildings that had once served as power houses for streetcars. The company could now boast over 1,000 products. My favorite are the buildings labeled “cocaine” and “opium.” Edward Jr. had…
Roth Cemetery, Weldon Spring
At the end of a cul-de-sac on Perceval Drive in the Camelot subdivision in Weldon Spring, the small Roth Cemetery is a unique burial ground in that it was incorporated into a roundabout. There are four burials, that of Peter and presumably his daughters Ida and Emma Roth, who all lived in the Nineteenth Century….
Othaniel Castlio Cemetery, Busch Wildlife Conservation Area
Deep inside the August A. Busch Conservation Area, walking across the earthen dam that created Lake 37, we were on the hunt for a family cemetery that was left behind when the land was confiscated for the production of munitions for World War II. This was farmland, of course, that had been settled far back…
St. John’s United Church of Christ Cemetery, Cottleville
Where Route N, the old Boone’s Lick Road make a right turn, going from west to north, is St. John’s United Church of Christ Cemetery in Cottleville. The church was founded in 1866, and sat at the intersection for over a hundred years until it moved to a new location in 1980. The site of…
Jefferson Avenue Around Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Charles
After finishing up looking at Seventh Street, we returned back to our starting point, which was Immanuel Lutheran Church, which lies on Jefferson Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets. I actually looked at Jefferson Avenue in St. Charles back in May of 2019, but this time I wanted to focus on more of the area…
Seventh Street Between Lewis and Jefferson Streets, St. Charles
Heading back south on Seventh Street in St. Charles, we see a wide variety of housing styles, including what looks to have been a Cape Cod before receiving several additions. While there are Queen Anne style houses in brick, there are also earlier houses in what could best be described as Greek Revival or Federalist….