Tuesday, June 16, 2009
From the only information I could locate on this Limestone Mine, operations here began in 1950 and closed in 1989.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
The Second Baptist Church was constructed in 1907. Their congregation moved out in 1955 and the Church remained in service by a variety of others until recent years. As of my visit below, which occurred in 2009, the electric and water were still on.
This is an old post. For a complete history and new photos, check out the new blog post here.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
This neighborhood on First Capitol has been abused in the last few years at the hands of the adjacent Lindenwood University. Roughly 5 years ago, they had forced residents out through badgering and harassment and in addition to about 20 nice homes, they demolished the skating rink, drive-in theater, multiple bars and businesses along the road and changed the intersection completely. Now that their dorms are complete, they no longer use these houses and the decision was made to raze everything in this part of town which includes about 30 houses.
I am told there will be a Schnucks and a new post office put up here.
