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3800 block of S. Broadway

3800 block of S. Broadway

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PostMar 25, 2014#1

https://www.flickr.com/photos/32354327@N04/13410572123/

Does anyone know the story behind this parcel? It's on the west side of broadway, just north of Alexian Brothers.

I remember back in college I was reading a coffee table-ish book about Missouri Bed and Breakfasts, and learned that, 1) this building (obviously) was a bed and breakfast and 2) the greek revival portion was an addition to the stone building, which apparently dates to the late 18th c., and was from the french era.

My gut reaction to that would be that there are plenty of one story stone buildings further south that date from the 1850's.

However, the courses are slightly different on this one, as well as the lintels over the door and windows.

Anyway, does anyone know anything about these two?

And yes, I did use that coffee table book as a reference. It was a low point in my academic career.

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PostMar 25, 2014#2

The two-story section is visible in the Dry map of 1876, but the one-story section had only one door (the right) and no dormers.

It would be highly unusual for the one-story to date from the late 18th century but not entirely impossible. About a fifth of homes by 1800 were stone (roughly 30 houses), but all known examples were well within the city limits and tended to be multi-room affairs. Seeing as this house is about 4 miles south of town in 1800, it would have been a farm house. Farming in the Spanish period was relatively rare to begin with, and most farms were north and west of town along the Missouri River rather than south. Lastly, a one-room stone house isn't a common structure for farmers of the period.

More likely is that it's a later construction from the antebellum period or shortly postwar period like the other stone houses you mentioned. The Carondelet area is full of coursed limestone German-built homes like you said. I think the coursing is just a little more careful and the lintels are a pretty touch.

Coursed limestone info:
http://stlouis-mo.gov/government/depart ... -Forms.cfm

It was for sale recently:
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3835- ... 4682_zpid/