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Wagner Electric
I wrote an article about the tragic end of the manufacturing giant Wagner Electric in Wellston, just west of the St. Louis City limits back in May of 2019 in St. Louis Magazine, but I found some cool...
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Bethesda Lutheran Church, Pine Lawn
I stumbled across this interesting church on my way somewhere else, and I stopped to take a closer look at it. Constructed in 1949 for Bethesda Lutheran Church, it has now become the home of Faith...
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Town and Country Mall
St. Louis Post Dispatch, February 28, 1960, Page 119. Tally ho! Just when I thought I knew of every defunct and demolished mall in the St. Louis region, life throws a curveball. I just learned about...
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Salem United Methodist Church
Salem Methodist Church, Fifteenth and Franklin Streets, 1900, Missouri History Museum, N02746 I’d long spotted Salem United Methodist Church just north of Highway 40 at the Lindbergh Boulevard exit,...
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Ladue Middle School
Originally built as a junior high school for grades seven through nine, the gymnasium and lunchroom for Ladue Middle School has always impressed me. Designed by Murphy and Mackey, a notable St. Louis...
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Church of the Annunziata
Founded in 1929, the Great Depression and then World War II held up the building of the church of the Annunziata out on Clayton Road at Cella Road in Ladue. It’s in what I would call the French...
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Requiem for Shopping Malls?
© Dorrill Studio. Exterior view of River Roads Shopping Mall, February 1963. Missouri History Museum. P0243-12377-01-4a The announcement that Macy’s will be closing the store at South County Center...
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South County Center
© Henry T. Mizuki. Exterior view of Famous-Barr under construction at South County Center in Mehlville, Missouri. July 1963. Missouri History Museum, P0374-02723-17-4a Developed by the May Department...
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Crestwood Plaza, Revisited January 2025
Ted McCrea, Aerial view of Crestwood Shopping Center on Watson Road. 1989. Missouri History Museum, N39550. What’s present is past. I’d long documented the slow demise and demolition of Crestwood...
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Stix, Baer and Fuller, Crestwood Plaza
© Henry T, Mizuki, Stix, Baer, and Fuller at Crestwood Plaza, corner of Watson Road and Sappington Road, Crestwood, Missouri. May 1967. Missouri History Museum. P0374-03320-50c-1t I thought the former...
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Former Deep Springs Farm
An interesting relic of St. Louis County’s attempt to build a poor farm in the southwest corner of St. Louis County lies buried inside the innards of a hotel built in 1980. It is just north of the...
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The Galleria, Former Westroads Shopping Center
It’s increasingly forgotten, but the Galleria originally was the Westroads Shopping Center, and like many other early shopping centers, it was more of strip mall with a single anchor, in this case a...
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The Crossings at Northwest, Former Northwest Plaza
I thought I would swing by the “Crossings at Northwest,” or what I called Zombie Northwest Plaza, which apparently was the largest outdoor mall in the United State when it opened in January 24, 1966....
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Second Baptist Church
Second Baptist is a congregation with roots going back deep into St. Louis history. Their current location at the southeast corner of Clayton and McKnight roads was on the grounds of the...
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Chesterfield Mall, Demolition, March 2025
Demolition is proceeding rapidly at Chesterfield Mall, and the target of finishing in May seems like it will be easily met. We last stopped by in December of last year and interior demolition was...
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Webster Groves Presbyterian Church
I was in Webster Groves recently in the evening and parked across the street from the Webster Groves Presbyterian Church, with roots going back to 1865. This building dates from 1924 and was an...
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Along the Lower River des Peres
I traveled from the mouth of the River des Peres, starting by heading up Marceau Avenue, where I spotted some old houses while still in Carondelet. I crossed over the River des Peres on Alabama Avenue...
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Theaters Demolished, Chesterfield Mall
The last expansion to Chesterfield Mall, the AMC theater with a food court, Borders and Cheesecake Factory, was demolished in the last couple of weeks.
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