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Brown Mansion, 3755 Lindell Boulevard
The 1895 Brown Mansion creates a beautiful example of Italian Renaissance architecture. The classical pediment and Ionic columns frame the entrance. The central window on the second floor, or piano...
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Continental Building, Revisited at Dusk
The Continental Building represents the end of the historic office buildings of St. Louis, in my opinion. After this, the Great Depression came, and after the war Modernism too over. Read about the...
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Falstaff Plant No. 1, Revisited
The old Forest Park Brewery, just west of Grand on Forest Park Avenue, became the center of the Falstaff rebirth. These original images from Alvin Griesedieck’s book show that much of what was...
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Blumeyer Almost Gone
A lot more of the old Blumeyer tower is gone. I suppose it will be completely demolished by the end of March.
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St. Mark’s Lutheran
From 1882 to 1921, St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church met here, before moving on to Clayton. This area was once known as Piety Hill, due to the large number of churches in what is now called...
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Shaare Emeth, Temple of the Gates of Truth
After writing my recent St. Louis Magazine article about Centenary United Methodist Church, one of the oldest continually operating congregations in downtown St. Louis, and in the city in general, I...
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Rusticated Stone
The former Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, built and dedicated between 141-161 AD provides an excellent example of how Western Civilization has responded to its ancient past. After falling into...
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Old Carriage House, Bell Avenue, Grand Center
Bell Avenue, not West Belle Place, is really just a wide alley in between the old Vandeventer Place and Windsor Place. This carriage house is the only remnant of what had been a cluster of mansions...
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Eastern Central West End Revisited, and North
The eastern end of the Central West End, on streets such as Enright, are lined with just as beautiful houses as the western half. The lack of development is surprising considering its location in the...
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Eastern Midtown, Revisited
The first year this website existed, I visited the Scott Joplin House, a museum dedicated to one of the most important music innovators in American history. Not much has changed around there in nine...
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1870s Houses Hiding in Plain View, Midtown
If you keep your eyes pealed, you start to realize Midtown still holds clues to its Nineteent Century past, before the neighborhood was taken over by auto dealerships and other businesses in an...
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The Stories To Be Discovered by Finding a Stone Wall
As I discovered over in Compton Heights earlier this summer, an old stone retaining wall can foster a fascinating story. Take this one, on the 2900 block of Locust. As can be seen in the Sanborn maps...
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