Monday, October 10, 2011
The S-B Memorial Hospital was completed in March of 1928 and named after its primary benefactors. It was the first hospital for this rural area. Before this hospital was constructed, local practitioners would rent out small offices to serve as emergency rooms or they would visit patients at their homes. It was constructed by George D. Barnett, a prominent Saint Louis architect and it is an example of Georgian Revival architecture with Beaux Arts details.
In 1972 a new, larger hospital was built next door. In 1975, S-B Memorial was converted into a nursing home and name changed to S-B Manor. It served in that capacity until 2003. It appears that it was abandoned sometime around 2006.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
The Brownhurst Mansion was built in approximately 1892 for Daniel Sidney Brown, son of the founder of the Pioneer Steam Keg Works (later the Pioneer Cooperage Company). Brown, an avid horticulturalist, was known for cultivating rare orchids and other species of plants on his once vast estate.
The mansion has been owned by the Society of Mary since 1918. It has been sitting vacant since 1989.
Despite the fact that this historic building is in good shape overall, the current owners want it demolished and soon, it will be.
source: Landmarks Association, https://www.landmarks-stl.org/news/press_release_brownhurst_scheduled_for_demolition/
