Old fire insurance maps can tell you a lot about the neighborhood we inherited from another time; in this case 1903 and 1908. Read on…
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1994: Halfway To Now – The LSRC At 25
Categories: Historical People of Lafayette Square, Historical Photos, History of the Lafayette Square Restoration Committee, Lafayette Square History
A recollection of a special year in the neighborhood, followed by an invitation to come get paint on you this Fall.
The Matchless Piano Men Of Lafayette Square
Categories: Historical People of Lafayette Square, Lafayette Square History
Matches and Piano Music? Sounds incongruous, but opportunity was where you found it in Lafayette Square
1995 – Ruth Weighs In On A Lafayette Square Milestone
Categories: Historical People of Lafayette Square, Historical Photos, Lafayette Square History
Some timeless reminiscences of the early turnaround of Lafayette Square, from one who knew.
1918 – Mothers And Babies Tent Camps In Lafayette Park
Categories: Historical People of Lafayette Square, Historical Photos, Lafayette Park History, Lafayette Square History, Uncategorized
The awareness of social ills and the burgeoning womens movement of the early 20th century found common cause in the drive to give city babies a cool nights sleep in sultry St Louis. Read it here.
1939 – Today: The German House In The St Louis House Years
Categories: Historical Photos, Lafayette Square History
Here’s the big wind-up to our six episode treatment of the German House/St Louis House. Hold on to your seats – there’s a lot to cover here!
German House/St Louis House Bowling Through The Years
Categories: Historical Photos, Lafayette Square History
Rolling along with a history of German House/St Louis House. Here, an examination of the rise and fall of bowling in Lafayette Square
1956: German House/St Louis House Hosts The Symphony
Categories: Historical Photos, Lafayette Square History
Part four of our visit to the German House finds the St Louis Symphony hard at work. Shhh… let’s listen in.
1946: German House/St Louis House Welcomes The Teen Thirty Club
Categories: Historical Photos, Lafayette Square History
Say what you will of 2345 Lafayette Avenue – that old building could jump!
German House/ St Louis House: The Spiritualists
Categories: Historical Photos, Lafayette Square History
In this episode we resume piecing together the mystical story of a four story building at 2345 Lafayette Avenue. Here, we take a walk in faith along an assortment of entrepreneurial pathways to Heaven, when the instruments of salvation chose to land at the St Louis House and gathered up wool from the local […]