It is in the old Mill Creek Valley neighborhood. Coming from this paragraph...urban_dilettante wrote: ↑Nov 26, 2020Anybody know where this was? Can't find Lawton and Channing on Google Maps. I'm assuming North STL somehwere...
https://www.stlmag.com/history/architecture/why-st-louis-adored-destroyed-second-empire/
Second Empire masterpieces weren’t all residences of the wealthy and famous, although some were owned as investment properties. Second Empire rowhouses, the majority sadly demolished, often had elaborate slate roofs and rhythmic rows of towers jutting out front. Take the row at the corner of Compton and Pine in Midtown, or the LaMotte Row at the corner of Lawton and Channing in the Mill Creek neighborhood. Nicholas DeMenil constructed a row of rental houses along 7th Street just west of South Broadway, on the edge of his property, just in front of his entrance to the Cherokee Cave system. When Lee Hess purchased the property, he adapted the old Second Empire rowhouses into his Streamline Moderne “museum,” which also provided access to the show cave under the streets of St. Louis.
If you’re looking for exact cross streets... I’m pretty sure Pine became Lawton around Jefferson. Channing is Josephine Baker I’m pretty sure. So like 3300 block of Pine is probably a safe bet.urban_dilettante wrote:^ ah, reading. i might have tried it. thanks for picking up my slack.
S 18th st is my favorite row in the entire city.sc4mayor wrote:^ The little grotto in the park is so, so cool. Lafayette Square on the whole is my favorite place in STL. I just can’t get enough of it...architecture like this literally doesn’t exist at all in the town I used to live in. Since I returned to STL I’ve probably spent more time in the Square than anywhere else but home lol.
Amazing to me that the last two homes to sell on that row went for $299k and $335k.sc4mayor wrote:^ THE best one. Even if it’s not the most fancy.
I’m literally in the Square right now with my camera haha.
