...Is of course the house from Meet me In St. Louis. But was it an actual house? Is the house in the movie based on an actual house at that address? Does the house still exist? And would anyone have any pics of what may have been at that address past or present? Thanks for your help!
Kensington is a real street, but I'm not sure if the house still stands or not. If it is, I'll guarantee that Judy Garland does not live in it, the neighborhood has turned a little rough since those times.
My dad was in town a couple weeks ago and that happens to be one of his favorite movies, so I took him over. Where the address is there is no building, odd considering the rest of the block is intact. Also, I don't know if the producers ever actually went to St Louis, but the houses definitely are way too small to fit what is shown on screen.
Sally based "5135 Kensington" after her life on that street in St. Louis, Missouri where she and her family (the Smith family, Benson was her married name) lived. Far from the gingerbread Victorian beauty depicted in the film, the home was a typical turn-of-the century city home (closer to the Victorian and Edwardian homes one sees today in San Francisco). Unfortunately the house was demolished in December 1994, after falling into decay. Five hundred bricks were saved from the site for historical purposes and are probably located at the St. Louis Missouri History Museum.
http://www.judy-garland.org/archive/sub ... ouis2.html
Booo. Makes me sad.
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I have one of the bricks with a plaque reading:
The only reason I have one is because my aunt worked then and now for Century Used Brick, a Sunset Hills firm that worked on the demolition.
Commerative brick from the home of Sally Smith Benson, 5135 Kensington Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, "Meet Me in St. Louis"
The only reason I have one is because my aunt worked then and now for Century Used Brick, a Sunset Hills firm that worked on the demolition.
