The Hunt for 1875: Plate #16

I have seen the Compton and Dry pictorial St. Louis used for a variety of historical purposes, but I have yet to see a full comparison of the pictorial St. Louis in 1875 with what remains today. Each day a new plate will appear in the order of their appearance in the Compton and Dry map, followed by an edited version in which the remaining buildings (as far as I can tell) are highlighted in blue. All images are from the Library of Congress downloadable map.

Plate index:
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Surviving buildings from Plate #16:
• 151 Victor St. (industrial; Hager Companies)

Plate #16:
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Remaining buildings from Plate #16:
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This post by VanishingSTL details some of these buildings, including the Hager complex:
http://vanishingstl.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html

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