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Saint Louis University
The SLU campus has a wide variety of buildings, including this old Jesuit church, which is now the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art. Nearby was an interesting, almost Modernist grade school. I...
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Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Maplewood
Dedicated in 1905, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church sits on a quiet backstreet just a few blocks from the bustle of Manchester Road in Maplewood. Built in what I would call an Italian Romanesque...
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Old Seventh District Police Station, Tower Grove East
Even the police stations back in the day had a sense of style, whether it was the front door (Tower Grove East is now in the Third District, by the way), or the door to the stables.
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Late Nineteenth Century Houses, Tower Grove East
While much of Tower Grove East was built in the early Twentieth Century, there are houses scattered here and there from the Nineteenth Century, pointing to the area’s early development.
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The Commercial Fringe of Tower Grove East
While most of Tower Grove East is row after row of stately homes, along Grand Boulevard the houses turn to storefronts, often with apartments up above. Unfortunately, due to the insane traffic on...
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Compton Hill Tower
I took the opportunity to go up the Compton Water Tower last full moon, and it was well worth the climb. It had been years since the last time, and I wanted to see it at night. The limestone glows in...
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Nighttime View, Compton Hill Tower
I took a series of photos out the observation deck, just as I had years ago. Above is looking to the northeast towards downtown. Above, looking south down Grand Boulevard. Below, two of the...
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Cleveland Avenue Gatehouse, Shaw’s Garden
I’ve always been intrigued by this little house sitting right along the wall around Shaw’s Garden. Supposedly someone lives in it, but I’m not sure if that’s true. Identified by Shaw’s Garden as...
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Bell Telephone Exchange Building
The former Bell Telephone Exchange Building has had an interesting history; built for operators, it has changed hands repeatedly. The rusticated Romanesque Revival facade is typical of St. Louis...
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Union Station, In Transition
I went by Union Station to check out the renovations to the train shed; the hotel is taking over a portion of the Midway (the long thoroughfare where travelers once accessed train platforms) for...
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Epiphany of Our Lord, Lindenwood Park
I find it fascinating that there are a series of Italian Romanesque Revival churches in the southwest portion of the city. Epiphany is not different; it possesses that distinctive orangish-brown...
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St. John the Baptist, Bevo
Opened in 1914, St. John the Baptist was the bulwark of the southwest side of the city. I believe the school associated with it closed several years ago. The church, just like its contemporary,...
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Security Building, Revisited
The Security Building is an important link to the commercial core of St. Louis before the arrival of Chicago School skyscrapers further west, not particularly tall, and architecturally unique....
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Merchant Laclede Building
Along with the Security Building, the Merchant Laclede Building is the other major remnant of the early office buildings sitting on Fourth Street in the old financial district. Shorn of a corner...
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A Depressing Sight, North Grand Center
I really do find interesting buildings by scanning over satellite images on Google Maps, and this grand dame caught my attention recently. Unfortunately, satellite images did not prepare me for the...
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Old St. Anthony’s Hospital
Before its demolition for what would eventually become the Schnuck’s at Chippewa and Grand, which is itself abandoned, the site was the location of St. Anthony’s Hospital.
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Residential Relic, Grand Center
This house, built in 1885, reminds us that Grand Center was once a tony residential district, built up in the decades before the World’s Fair. There are a fascinatingly large number of houses left...
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Charles H. Duncker Mansion, Demolition in Progress
I had just discovered this spectacular house a month ago, and now it’s being demolished. I was alerted by Vanishing St. Louis, who also has stunning photos of what had been the well-preserved...
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Irving School, Hyde Park
Documented by the Preservation Research Office back in 2005, I was surprised to see that the building has been renovated into apartments, which are well-maintained and occupied. After the demolition...
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