The Old Neighborhood

Nan's pictures of New York inspired me to post some images from my old neighborhood in St. Louis.  Soulard, my home for 15 years, dates back to the early 1800's.

This is my first home in Soulard.

I could never establish the date it was built, but I know it existed in 1874 because it appears in this early drawing.

There is a lot of evidence that the back half of the third floor was removed by the cyclone of 1896.

Here is a closeup of the front, with one storm door open.

This is my second home in Soulard, built sometime in the 1880's

The home built by Dr. Franz Artz is two doors down.

Dr Artz's office was behind the house.

Max J. Feuerbacher, a beer baron built this house, locally called the lyon house in 1874

Originally buit as a social and athletic hall for Soulard's German population, the Smile building was later a soda factory and is now appartments.

This home was built by a French family and is rumored to have been used to smuggle weapons to the South during the civil war.

I have been told, but I am not sure I believe, that the flounder or "half house" is unique to St. Louis.

Enough of my rambling.  Here are a few more assorted pictures of the old neighborhood.