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North Fourth Street, Hannibal
Trinity Episcopal Church, designed by Joseph A. Miller in the Gothic Revival style, has a history going back over 150 years in Hannibal. The stained glass windows have an excellent pedigree of our own...
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Third Street, Louisiana, Missouri
Third Street is the main north-south corridor in Louisiana, Missouri, heading up to the bridge that crosses over the Mississippi River. The bridge was actually just replaced in the last year or so,...
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Main Street, Louisiana, Missouri
The beautiful architecture continues, and quiet descends on Main Street, one block east of Third Street (seriously, the lack of mufflers on the trucks in Louisiana is a serious detractor from quality...
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Salem, Dent County
The Dent County Courthouse in Salem is one of the more interesting courthouses in Missouri, and I can’t help but notice that it looks like a Second Empire house. I even remember my time in Washington,...
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Oregon Avenue Between Crittenden and Arsenal Streets, Benton Park West, Fall...
St. Wenceslaus Roman Catholic Church might not get as much attention as other churches in the city, but it often plays a role in fallen police officers’ funerals, as it sits on the east side of Oregon...
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German Evangelisch Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Benton Park West, Fall 2020
I’ve always liked this church, and in fact I know I’ve photographed it before in the past, but now I can’t find that post. In particular, the dramatic double portal in the front façade is what has...
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Former Bethany Evangelisch Lutheran Church
Constructed in 1928 as the Bethany Evangelisch Lutheran Church, this building is now occupied by the Tabernacle of Life Church. It is a great example of English Gothic Revival architecture. It was...
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Former St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Church, Revisited
I went by the old St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Church on Page Boulevard at Academy Avenue. It looks much like it did the last time I visited, but I think more of the window framing in the tower is...
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Jefferson and Gravois, Revisited
I’ve looked at the intersection of South Jefferson and Gravois avenues in July of 2012, and I came back over the course of several months to photograph the crossing of two of the most important...
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Minerva Avenue, Hamilton Heights, Revisited Again
I discovered that one of the most compelling blocks in St. Louis, Minerva Avenue between Goodfellow and Hamilton, which I’ve featured back in January of 2015 and then again in September of 2019 was...
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Former Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church
Viewed across the broad green lawns of the west end of Tower Grove Park, the former Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Innocents cuts an interesting profile among the red brick houses along...
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St. Marcus United Church of Christ
I could have sworn I’ve photographed St. Marcus United Church of Christ before, which originally was an German Evangelisch denomination originally before it combined with the Reformed Church and...
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Russell Boulevard Between McNair and Missouri Avenues
Moving west of McNair, the houses become more elaborate, with greater ornament and finishes. Even the four-family flats have slate roofs and terracotta ornament that make them fit in stylistically...
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Holy Corners Revisted, Former Second Baptist Church
Designed by Mauran, Russell and Garden in 1907, Second Baptist Church has been sitting vacant for a long time now. Various plans have fallen through, from I understand, due to a lack of parking. As...
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Saints Mary and Joseph Roman Catholic Church
Saints Mary and Joseph Roman Catholic Church dates back to 1821, growing along with what at the time was the independent town of Carondelet. I looked at the church briefly way back in August of 2012...
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Former Our Lady of Covadonga Roman Catholic Church, Quinn Chapel AME Church...
No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t get a good picture of one of the shortest lived parishes in St. Louis, Our Lady of Covadonga Roman Catholic Church, which used this building from 1915 to...
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St. Mary Magdalene Roman Catholic Church
St. Mary Magdalene represents that moment in St. Louis architecture when revival styles, such as the Gothic Revival, were giving way to Modernism, but the old had not yet completely faded away. It’s...
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St. James the Greater Roman Catholic Church
Sitting on a dramatic hill on some of the highest ground in Dogtown, St. James the Greater is the Irish parish of St. Louis. Many other churches have held that title over the centuries: St. Patrick,...
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
The massive Westminster Presbyterian Church, on the southwest corner of Union and Delmar boulevards, is easily one of the largest churches in St. Louis. Designed by Albert Groves in 1916 and completed...
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Former Most Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church
The former Most Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church is sadly abandoned, and increasingly open to the elements. There was another congregation in the building after the parish closed, but it is...
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