Passing by Thurman Avenue, four-family flats dominated the streetscape of Botanical Avenue in this section of the Shaw neighborhood. But it is bracketed with this two-family right on the corner, above. Many of the two-families are just simply cut in half versions of the four-families, as well, showing that developers reused designs quickly as they…
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Tower Grove Avenue Between Magnolia and Botanical Avenues
We walk back to Tower Grove Avenue and work our way north, glancing back to the south into Tower Grove Park at the Superintendent’s house, which I looked at all the way back in May of 2008. Through the trees we can see the Tudor Revival roofline of the current president’s house of the Missouri…
Magnolia Avenue from Thurman Avenue to Klemm Street, Part Two, and Hortus Court
After another not terribly inspired 1950s or 60s long apartment building, we get to Hortus Court, a fascinating and unique development in St. Louis. Platted in 1921, Hortus Court is a row of Dutch Colonial houses arranged around a walkway perpendicular to Magnolia Avenue, creating a quaint, private community of homes facing each other across…
Magnolia Avenue from Lawrence Street to Thurman Avenue, Part Two
Magnolia Place seems to have been platted around 1913 to 1916, which would make sense considering the style of the houses. Note the art glass in the lunette of the windows above. Some of the bungalows also seem to show some influence of Spanish Revival architecture, as well, such as in the house above. Side…
Grantwood Village
In the late 1920s, the R. Mederacke Realty and Investment Company began the development of what was originally known as Grantwood Terrace, just to the east of Grant’s Farm on Gravois Road. Lots were at least 100 feet wide and ranged from 240 to 350 feet deep. Architectural styles were typical of the time period…
St. Louis Hills, November 2024
I was in St. Louis Hills so I thought I would see if I could find as many Spanish Revival houses as possible. I ran out of ones to find after awhile. The house above was probably not painted white originally. The houses and apartment buildings of St. Louis Hills represent an interesting transition from…
Greendale
Heading up Normandy Avenue, I first glanced over at the historic Normandie Golf Club and noticed earth being moved around. Had it finally been purchased and subdivided for houses, as had been threatened so many times? No, in fact it is being renovated according to designs by Jack Nicklaus. But I was turning my attention…
Bel-Nor
As can be seen clearly labeled on the map above, the town of Bel-Nor began as a real estate development named the Country Club Addition of Normandy Park. In fact, the Normandie Golf Club, which sits to the south of the residential component of the town, lies within its city limits. The old Incarnate Word…
Normandy, Part Three
On the west side of Florissant Road, opposite St. Vincent Children’s Services, which is again another land donation of the Lucas-Hunt family, we have a row of houses from the 1920s and 30s. There is a broad mix of houses on what is the eastern edge of the Normandy Heights addition, with almost Arts and…
Former St. Engelbert’s Campus
One of the more popular former Catholic parishes that I’ve posted about before is the former St. Engelbert’s on Shreve Avenue in the Penrose neighborhood. It might also win the informal award of “Largest Catholic church building most people have never heard of in St. Louis,” as well. It’s huge. I was poking around on…