The Hunt for 1875: Plate #22

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 #22:
• 727 N. 1st St. (commercial)
• 616-616 N. 2nd St. (commercial)
• 720 N. 2nd St. (commercial)
• 721-723 N. 2nd St. (commercial)
• 212 Morgan St. (commercial)
• 801-805 N. 2nd St. (commercial)
• 807-809 N. 2nd St. (commercial)
• 813 N. 2nd St. (commercial)

Plate #22:
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Remaining buildings from Plate #22:
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sad.