I willing be a guest on KMOX AM 1120 at 8:20 AM on Friday, January 17, 2020 talking about the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Prohibition. Please tune in if you’re able! Valley Park has some great architecture along Benton Street. The city hall is a nice building, and then to the east, there…
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Company Houses, Marshall Road, Valley Park
Those are company houses, if I’ve ever seen any, I said to my companions, as we drove down Marshall Road in between 4th and 5th streets in Valley Park. The houses seen in my photographs are just above the giant blue rectangle, which is the St. Louis Plate Glass Co. The two Sanborn Fire Insurance…
Valley Park Elevator
The historic Valley Park Elevator is the only remaining elevator in St. Louis County, and it even has its own website nowadays.
Meramec Valley Bank
I thought this bank building in Valley Park deserved mentioning, with its sleek lines and rock wall contrasts.
Frisco Hotel, Valley Park
Valley Park was just one of the many resorts that once lined the Meramec River in southwestern St. Louis County. The railroad dominates the area, and people would come out from the city and spend the weekend in the area. I wish it were still like that. But one wonderful remnant remains from that time…
Valley Park Historic Storefront Update?
Update: Donahue’s is closed, and I believe the buildings have been demolished; the link to the Post-Dispatch article is dead. The Post-Dispatch published an article on Sunday about Valley Park trying to redefine itself as an historic, attractive community. However, it is so poorly written I can’t tell if the status of the Donahue’s building…
Valley Park: Epicenter of Historic Preservation?
Update: Donahue’s is closed, and I believe the buildings have been demolished. I just read in the Suburban Journals that the mayor of Valley Park is actually working to save an historic building in his city from the expansion of Carol House Furniture. After the complete demolition of historic Ballwin for “Olde Towne Ballwin Center,”…