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Compton Hill Reservoir Park, Revisited November 2021
The shadows were growing long late on a Saturday when I decided to go by Reservoir Park in the Compton Heights neighborhood, which I realized I first photographed way back in October of 2007. The park...
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O’Fallon and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church
The parish complex of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary cuts a stunning profile down the west side of Main Street north of the railroad tracks in the historic section of O’Fallon. The church...
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Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio
As I was planning out my short drive between Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, I spotted a town slightly off the interstate named Washington Court House. That sounds interesting, I thought, I wonder if...
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Cabanne Castle and Vernon Avenue, West of Union Boulevard
As I noticed back in April of this year, the Cabanne Castle was undergoing a gutting and presumed rehab. A building permit for $2,000,000 had been pulled in February, and hopes were high. When I drove...
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5300-5400 Block of Maple Avenue
I’ve actually photographed the houses above and below before, back when I looked at Maple Avenue in April of this year (last photo), but they were on the other side of a street closure, which are...
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New Cathedral, Interior, January 2022
Whew, we’re back and I’m going to celebrate by showing you my photos I took with my new fisheye lens that I inherited from my friend Mike that I’ve known since 1986. He moved to the Big Island of...
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Checking Up on McKee Land
Little has changed where Paul McKee owns vast swaths of real estate since I went by this area last year. There are still abandoned and fire-gutted buildings. The large apartment building on St. Louis...
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Vernon Avenue West of Shaare Zedek, Revisited February 2022
I have been meaning to get back up to the Lewis Place neighborhood, one of the centers of the African American middle class in St. Louis. I looked at it extensively back in 2016, and I remember being...
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4300 Block of West Belle Place
Look At These Homes Now! Save Your Home! Vote For Segregation! [4300 block of West Belle Place]. Flier, 1916. Race Relations Collection. Missouri Historical Society Archives. N21841. I thought it...
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Enclaves of St. Louis #2: Balson Avenue
Down Ecoff Avenue, an anonymous street just south of Manchester Avenue almost to the city limits, you then turn right onto Balson Avenue, and there you will find one of the most quiet streets in St....
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In the Footsteps of Lillian Handlan Lemp
Lillian Handlan Lemp, c. 1905, Missouri History Museum, N38656 Many readers are no doubt familiar with Lillian Handlan, who would marry William Lemp, Jr., the heir to the Lemp Brewery. Later, their...
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Emmaus Homes, New Lease on Life
Bonjour mesdames et messieurs! Bienvenue au Château Hoffman! OK, jokes aside, anyone in the preservation community–or anyone in the wider community in general–who has a problem with the Hoffman...
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Montana and Osages Streets Between South Broadway and Missouri Avenue, North...
I’ve continued to be fascinated with the streets of Marine Villa on the southern edge of that small neighborhood, as there are some very interesting early survivors, as well as some great examples of...
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Lewis Place to the West End, Winter 2022
I had some old photos I hadn’t gotten around to posting from what I think are the Lewis Place area, and I thought they are worth sharing. It’s such a beautiful neighborhood, full of some truly amazing...
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St. John Paul II, Formerly St. George, Roman Catholic Church
Dominating the commanding hill at the intersection of Gravois and Heege roads, the relatively new parish of St. John Paul II Roman Catholic Church in Affton was created by combining St. Dominic Savio...
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Louisiana Avenue Between Potomac and Cherokee Streets, West Side
Way back in October of 2019, I looked at the east side of Louisiana Avenue in between Cherokee and Potomac streets heading south. Recently, I went the opposite direction, looking at the west side of...
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Main Street, Troy, Lincoln County
Troy, the county seat of Lincoln County, which is just north of St. Charles County on U.S. Highway 61, has experienced considerable growth over the last twenty years. The downtown is interesting, and...
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Lemp Stables, Cherokee Street
I’ve written extensively about the Lemp Brewery and its buildings that were constructed from the 1840s through the 1910s, but one structure that I’ve largely ignored are the stables and later garage...
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South Eighteenth Street, Adam Lemp’s Addition
Detail of Plate 29, showing Lux Street, Now S. 18th St. Compton and Dry, Pictorial St. Louis, 1876. South Eighteenth Street between Utah and Cherokee streets, is an historical and important block in...
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Eden Park Reservoir, Cincinnati
I’ve long been interested in the now largely abandoned practice in Western civilization of combining utilitarian structures with pleasure grounds in urban and even rural environments. Take Compton...
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