2018 Places in Peril… Land Reutilization Authority Owned Buildings in the City of St. Louis 09/18/201911/17/2020 Photo by Robert Cohen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch The Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) in the City of St. Louis owns over 11,200 parcels of property. LRA estimates that there are approximately…
2016 Places in Peril… Emmaus Homes 09/18/201912/11/2020 The Emmaus Home Complex in Marthasville began as a seminary for the German Evangelical Church in Missouri. A campus of five buildings was completed here by 1859. Four of these remain…
2018 Places in Peril… Capitol Avenue Historic District 09/18/201911/17/2020 The Capitol Avenue Historic District includes over one hundred properties on nine city blocks near the State Capitol in Jefferson City. On a significant east-west thoroughfare, there are good examples…
2016 Places in Peril… Westland Acres 09/18/201911/17/2020 Westland Acres is a residential subdivision of approximately 130 acres on the border of the villages of Chesterfield and Wildwood in suburban west St. Louis County. It contains a handful…
2018 Places in Peril… Sara Lou Cafe 09/18/201911/17/2020 Sara Lou CafePhoto by Meghan Kirkwood, Assistant Professor of ArtWashington University Samfox School of Design and Visual Arts The Sarah Lou Cafe was constructed in 1906 and is situated at…
2019 Places in Peril… de Hodiamont House 09/18/201911/17/2020 de Hodiamont House The de Hodiamont House was built as a farmhouse in 1829 by Baron Emanuel de Hodiamont, a Belgian Trappist Monk who came to St. Louis in 1803.…
