Victor Street, just east of South Grand Boulevard in Tower Grove East, is another well-kept secret with beautiful houses and an interesting apartment building in the Roehampton Addition.

The house below actually sat abandoned for decades before being taken in court and is now being renovated by a responsible woman-owned development company.

Other houses look like they could fit in perfectly in the Central West End.

Perhaps my favorite house, most likely reflecting German American businessmen’s taste, is this one below with a large corner tower attached to what is actually a common design in the city.

Eclectic elements, including a little board and batten, typify house ornament in this western part of Tower Grove East, which was finally built out in the Early Twentieth Century.