You’re looking at the intersection of two famous roads: Highway 40, which started as the National Road, and Highway 61, immortalized for its role in world music. Of course, this is no longer that intersection, as Highway 61 is now on a viaduct high above the ground, and Highway 40 now shares its names with…
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Former Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wentzville
The former Immanuel Lutheran Church on Pearce Boulevard is a fantastic example of the Carpenter Gothic, which I wrote about several years ago at St. Louis Magazine. The congregation was founded by a minister who came from New Melle in 1874. It is a form of the Gothic Revival, which bends wood carefully and also…
Downtown Wentzille
Downtown Wentzville, which straddles the railroad, has a wealth of interesting historic buildings, including these on the southeast corner of Main Street and Linn Avenue. The storefronts are full of restaurants and other businesses. The Trinity Executive Building is further west down Main Street on the south side facing the railroad tracks. There is a…