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Updates Up North
More of the front portal of St. Augustine’s church has fallen down, dashed on the steps. Or possibly, the monogram roundel has been stolen, as I do not see its rubble below. See this earlier post...
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Hyde Park in the Morning Light #1, Most Holy Trinity
Walking the streets of Hyde Park, the tall spires of Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church can be seen peaking through the windows of houses, or rising above the Mansard roof lines. The white...
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Hyde Park in the Morning Light #46, Friedens German Evangelical Church
I’ve visited this church many times over the year, sitting on the southwest corner of 19th and Newhouse Streets. Perhaps what is unique is how well it still fits in with its urban surroundings. So...
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Hyde Park in the Morning Light #47, 3900 Block of 19th Street
I’ve long been fascinated by the near perfect block of 19th Street in Hyde Park. There are only a couple of demolitions and vacant lots. But unfortunately, there are far too many abandoned buildings....
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Baden in Winter #2, Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church is a beautiful Gothic Revival structure, sitting high on a hill with rolling fields heading out from it in several directions. “In the year of Our Lord, 1908, on the...
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St. Augustine’s in the Snow, Mid February 2018
Who knows what they’re up to now, on the deserted streets around the old St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church. It sort of reminds me of Germany, with the snow swirling around the Gothic spires of the...
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Penrose in the Snow #6, St. Peter’s AME Church
Originally constructed in 1898 as the Salem Evangelisch Lutheran and Reformed Church, this stately Gothic edifice is now the St. Peter’s AME Methodist Church, the second oldest African-American...
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The Equation Church
This cool old church was once a Lutheran church, as far as I could figure out, but I was not able come up with its original name. It’s typical of early Twentieth Century Gothic Revival–showing more...
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College Hill, Early Spring 2018
I think College Hill has such a cool variety of housing styles, having developed slowly over the decades. There are not really any long rows of the same houses, but rather a mixture of buildings from...
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Western Lutheran Cemetery, Revisited
I got back up to the Western Lutheran Cemetery, founded in 1865, and I made some new observations now that the grass is shorter. This is easily one of the most historic, if largely forgotten,...
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Salem Methodist Episcopal Church
This church, now known as Christ Temple Cathedral Church, was just one stop on the westward journey of the congregation now known as Salem United Methodist Church. This church dates from 1905, cost...
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Grace United Methodist Church
Grace United Methodist Church has had an interesting history; the congregation moved its building, stone by stone from its previous location at the southwest corner of Lindell and Newstead. As can...
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St. Roch’s Roman Catholic Church
The flowering trees in front of St. Roch could not have better ornamented the delicate flamboyent Gothic ornament of the red brick and limestone Roman Catholic edifice. I often feel like I’m reporting...
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Delmar Baptist Church
The old Delmar Baptist Church, which is now Dayspring Baptist out in West County, is currently occupied by the New Cote Brilliante Church of God. I’m always impressed how congregations reuse each...
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Preston M. Green Hall, Washington University
I know Washington University gets a lot of grief for its decision to focus on building Gothic/Tudor/”Academic” Revival buildings on its campus for the last twenty years, but I like it. I think it’s...
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Skinker-DeBaliviere #5, 6000 Block of Westminster Place
I’m not a big fan of the way the streets are blocked off, particularly because in St. Louis politically it’s pretty much impossible to get these sorts of things repealed. If the current residents...
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Skinker-DeBaliviere #8, 5900 Block of Kingsbury Avenue
The 5900 block of Kingsbury is an interesting mix of early Twentieth Century apartment buildings, with some perfectly fine in-fill, done tastefully. I like how the third floor balconies were enclosed...
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Skinker-DeBaliviere #18, 6000 Block of Waterman Boulevard
The 6000 block of Waterman is perhaps one of the most diverse blocks in the neighborhood architecturally, with a fascinating mix of houses and apartment buildings, including this interesting one...
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Returning to St. Louis Avenue Now For Over A Decade
The row of houses in between Parnell (really sort of the traffic artery Jefferson become up north) and N. Florissant Avenue is one of the most beautiful streets in St. Louis. I love showing it to...
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