Showing posts with label 19th Century Homes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 19th Century Homes. Show all posts

Saturday, July 3, 2021

Cruising The Hood Volume 5

  There's a story that goes with this church on Prospect.  I interviewed a lady who spent part of her childhood in the home on the left (north).  In the time before air conditioning each Sunday her family got to listen to the church service next door as all windows were open.  Her father kept doves as a hobby.  One particular Sunday the service was more fervent than usual and, toward the end of the service, the preacher proclaimed, "Lord, we ask that you give each of us a sign of your love."  Her father at that moment took one of his doves and tossed it across the narrow alley into the sanctuary. Christian bedlam ensued . Many were saved that day and none the wiser. 
                                     Northeast homes decked out in their Summer finery. 




















Above and below, Independence Boulevard Christian Church. 





                     Above, all new windows.   Below, all new construction at St. John and Benton. 

 


Thursday, June 26, 2014

Lafayette Park Homes Tour - Volume 5

 Built in 1909 this duplex reflects the later Edwardian - early Arts and Crafts period.  This building was built by the the Kueser family ... Clarence "Chick" Kueser, son of the builder, was a well-known St. Louis entertainer and lived in this unit his whole life.   It's located at 2333 Park Avenue.
 The hardwood floors and plaster walls are original.  The Arts and Crafts fireplaces are of the period with reproduction Victorian quarter tile.




 Below, the homes in-between this tour site and the next. 








 In 1886 this Second Empire style home at 9 Benton Place was commissioned with a carriage house complementing the residence.












Saturday, June 21, 2014

Lafayette Square Homes Tour - Volume 4

 2340 Park Avenue was the next home on the tour, shown below.  This home was built in 1878 for Casper Fischer and his wife Elizabeth.  built as a two and a half story early Italianate style house, it was remodeled to the French Second Empire style with a Mansard roof and full third floor. The owners also renovated the 1891 Carriage House with the second floor serving as guest quarters.