We will now continue our examination of the Shaw neighborhood, which I remarked should really be called Tyler since Mary actually owned more square acreage within the modern boundaries of the neighborhood (if you eliminate Interstate 44 and include McRee Town, which was owned by Shaw, then it’s more of a tie). We’ll walk the whole length of Botanical Avenue from Tower Grove Avenue to South Grand Boulevard.
The first thing I noticed about Botanical Avenue is that it is not lined with as lavish of houses as other streets in the neighborhood.
In fact, at first all I saw were relatively simple two and four family flats, often grouped together in rows, which is rare in the “suburban” areas of St. Louis.
But the architecture is still very nice, nonetheless.
This building reminds me of those large apartment buildings in Dutchtown that I looked at back in 2022.
There are some terracotta tile roofs that accent the buildings, as seen here.
Finally, there is a break in the style with the appearance of some vaguely Tudor Revival or Arts and Crafts style buildings right before the intersection with Klemm Street.
The balconies on this building were clearly enclosed at some point and then reopened.
